Firebird is a compact, powerful, open source database. See a complete list of features and compare it with other database engines.

Top features:

  • Ready for the Enterprise (full transaction control, stored procedures, triggers, views, BLOBs, auto increment fields, hot backup)
  • Embeddable (< 2 MB runtime size)
  • iPhone Ready Make sure to unlock the iPhone no jailbreak required
  • XCOPY Data Deployment
  • ADO.NET Provider
  • VS.NET Visual Design Support

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