Firebird
FB/Java plugin for Firebird (by FirebirdSQL)
MariaDB
MariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. Started by core members of the original MySQL team, MariaDB actively works with outside developers to deliver the most featureful, stable, and sanely licensed open SQL server in the industry. (by MariaDB)
| Firebird | MariaDB | |
|---|---|---|
| - | 24 | |
| 12 | 6,103 | |
| - | 1.7% | |
| 2.6 | 9.9 | |
| over 1 year ago | 3 days ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Firebird
Posts with mentions or reviews of Firebird.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
We haven't tracked posts mentioning Firebird yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.
MariaDB
Posts with mentions or reviews of MariaDB.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-04-27.
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MariaDB 11.8 LTS released with vector, Parsec auth, TLS-autoconfiguration etc.
Also, if you like MariaDB, show your support and help it get to 10k stars at https://github.com/MariaDB/Server
- OpenBSD 7.6 を 7.7 へ アップグレード
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OpenBSD Upgrade 7.6 to 7.7
In addition, it also includes MariaDB update where "Binary logs are no longer purged by default unless a replica has connected", and minio update where "the MinIO Gateway and the related filesystem mode code have been removed".
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Getting Forked by Microsoft
Original license of Redis is retained in the form Valkey:
https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/blob/unstable/COPYING
Third party licenses retained in a THIRDPARTY file in MariaDB
https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/main/THIRDPARTY
Only two good examples I could quickly find.
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Corgi: The CLI That Tames Your Local Microservices Chaos
mariadb
- Portspoof: Emulate a valid service on all 65535 TCP ports
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MariaDB (Bite-size Article)
Download from the Official Website: Visit the official MariaDB website (https://mariadb.org/) and download the version that matches your operating system.
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From License to Freedom: Embracing Open Source Forks Knowing What to Expect
One of the most famous examples is MariaDB, a fork of MySQL. When Oracle acquired MySQL back in 2009, concerns arose about the future of the database under a corporate umbrella and while MySQL has remained open source, the idea of it living under Oracle's roof was enough to push some of the original creators to fork an alternative that still lived within the developer community. During the early stages of MariaDB, it was used as a drop-in replacement that promised to remain open and community-driven. Being able to simply switch from MySQL to MariaDB with minimal effort made adopting their product easy. Fast forward to today, MariaDB is widely adopted and continues to evolve independently from its ancestor. With the community driving the success, MariaDB has been adopted as the default database in major Linux distributions, including Debian, RHEL, CentOS, openSUSE, and Fedora.
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Using the built-in SQLite module in Node.js
SQLite is a lightweight database engine written in C. It is a simple, fast, and fully featured implementation of an SQL Database Management System. SQLite differs from other relational databases like MariaDB and PostgreSQL because it does not run as a server.
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100+ Must-Have Web Development Resources
MariaDB: A fork of MySQL developed by early MySQL employees.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Firebird and MariaDB you can also consider the following projects:
PostgreSQL - Mirror of the official PostgreSQL GIT repository. Note that this is just a *mirror* - we don't work with pull requests on github. To contribute, please see https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Submitting_a_Patch
MySQL - MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, and MySQL Cluster, a real-time, open source transactional database.
phpMyAdmin - A web interface for MySQL and MariaDB
ClickHouse - ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system