New article "Using UUID in Firebird" by D. Simonov covers practical approaches to working with UUIDs in Firebird without core modifications. Topics include storing UUIDs as BINARY(16), generating them via GEN_UUID(), converting between binary and character forms, UUID v4 vs v7 comparison, index efficiency analysis, and Firebird 6.0 improvements. A must-read for developers designing distributed-friendly primary keys in Firebird databases.
Major update for Firebird Docker images and update of 1-step install scripts for Linux
Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 5.0.4, Firebird 4.0.7 and Firebird 3.0.14 sub-releases.
On April 25th, Alexey Kovyazin, CEO of IBSurgeon and also Vice President of the Firebird Foundation, and Edson Gregorio, CEO of MQFS, will be hosting the Firebird VIP Seminar (em Portuguese) in São Paulo/SP!
We’re pleased to announce that the new edition of EmberWings Magazine (2026/1) is now available to all Firebird supporters. [read more..]
New minor releases for Jaybird 5 and Jaybird 6
See Firebird 5 migration statistics from MQFS Migration Framework.
Entity Framework Core 10 provider for Firebird is ready
1-step installations scripts to install Firebird 5, 4, 3, 2.5 for all popular Linux distros with OS optimizations were updated
The second edition of must-have book for Firebird SQL database developers who want to use the full potential of Firebird 5.
