Jul 08, 2026 New Ebook: Practical Firebird Performance Diagnostics
IBPhoenix released a free ebook that gives DBAs, developers and support engineers a structured way to diagnose Firebird performance problems, using monitoring tables, trace sessions, profiler output and system metrics.
https://firebirdsql.org/en/community-news/new-ebook-practical-firebird-performance-diagnostics
Aug 21, 2026 Jaybird 6.0.6 and Jaybird 5.0.13 released
New maintenance releases of the Firebird JDBC driver fix legacy authentication with non-ASCII passwords and connections closing after fatal errors, update dependencies, and switch to a stronger 4096-bit GPG signing key.
https://firebirdsql.org/en/news/jaybird-6-0-6-and-jaybird-5-0-13-released
Aug 22, 2026 Firebird news digest: drivers (Jaybird, Node.js), FBSimCity and Electric Firebird
This digest covers the new Jaybird releases, node-firebird v2.6.0 (now over 1 million downloads a year), new node-firebird-driver options, a React Native driver, and two experiments: Electric Firebird, which compiles Firebird to WebAssembly, and FBSimCity, an interactive visualization of Firebird's architecture.
https://firebirdsql.org/en/news/firebird-news-digest-drivers-jaybird-node-js-fbsimcity-and-electric-firebird
Sep 08, 2026 Video: Typical SQL Query Optimization Mistakes for Firebird, Part 1
The first video in a series on common mistakes developers make when optimizing SQL queries in Firebird, with a downloadable presentation and a link to the book "Secrets of Firebird SQL Optimizer."
https://firebirdsql.org/en/news/video-typical-sql-query-optimization-mistakes-for-firebird-part-1
Sep 09, 2026 Video: Part 2 of Typical SQL Query Optimization Mistakes for Firebird
The second part of the series continues with more common Firebird query optimization mistakes, again with the presentation available to download.
https://firebirdsql.org/en/news/video-part-2-of-typical-sql-query-optimization-mistakes-for-firebird
Sep 09, 2026 IDEs and tools for Firebird
Three tools that support Firebird: Plamenix 1.0.0-beta, an MIT-licensed web app you can host yourself or run on Windows, Linux and macOS; Beekeeper Studio, a commercial client for many databases; and RdbExpert 2026.8, a Java IDE for Windows and Linux.
https://firebirdsql.org/en/community-news/ides-and-tools-for-firebird
Sep 16, 2026 Video: Materialized Views in Firebird
A video tutorial on how materialized views differ from regular views and on their create and refresh syntax (including exclusive and concurrent refresh), with an example where queries run up to 95 times faster.
https://firebirdsql.org/en/news/video-materialized-views-in-firebird
Sep 28, 2026 EmberWings 2026/3 Is Now Available
The September 2026 issue of the EmberWings magazine looks at how familiarity can become a risky shortcut in database work as systems evolve and workloads grow; it's open only to Firebird Associates and Partners until December 2026.
https://firebirdsql.org/en/news/emberwings-2026-3-is-now-available