Firebird
FB/Java plugin for Firebird (by FirebirdSQL)
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 (by postgres)
| Firebird | PostgreSQL | |
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| - | 508 | |
| 12 | 17,967 | |
| - | 1.8% | |
| 2.6 | 10.0 | |
| over 1 year ago | 6 days ago | |
| C++ | C | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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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.
PostgreSQL
Posts with mentions or reviews of PostgreSQL.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-06-22.
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Create ER Diagrams for PostgreSQL with a Free Design Tool
Understanding a database starts with understanding its structure. For PostgreSQL users, one of the most effective ways to visualize and manage your schema is by using an Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD). Either if you're working with a large legacy database or starting something new, an ER diagram shows how your tables are connected and how your data is organized.
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How to Use JSONB in PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL supports two ways to store structured data in a column: JSON and JSONB.
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How to build a reliable web application with Elm, GraphQL, PostGraphile and PostgreSQL
On PostgreSQL create a database. In this tutorial, we will name it imageboard.
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Database Sharding vs Partitioning: What’s the Difference?
PostgreSQL and Partitioning PostgreSQL versions 10 and after have advanced native partitioning, making it ideal for time-series data, logs, and historical datasets. For example, a fintech app partitioning by month to improve query speeds.
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SCRAM Authentication in PostgreSQL and SCRAM Pass-Through Authentication
The following commit was added to the PostgreSQL master branch (REL_18_BETA1):
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OMOP Odyssey - InterSystems OMOP, The Cloud Service (Troy)
We got a database for free when we provisioned last time, but if we want to target another database, we can surely do that as the service at this time of writing supports transforming to flavors of Postgres as well. For this we will outline how to wrangle an external database, via Amazon RDS, and connect it to the service.
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Create a simple REST application using Quarkus
This quick start guide gets you up and running with Quarkus on macOS, including necessary tools. You will build a basic database application using Quarkus, Java 17, PostgreSQL, and Hibernate ORM Panache. While Hibernate ORM is the standard, powerful Jakarta Persistence implementation capable of complex mappings, it doesn't always make the most common tasks trivial. Hibernate ORM with Panache is Quarkus's solution to this, focusing specifically on making your data entities and repositories simple, straightforward, and fun to write by reducing boilerplate code for common persistence operations.
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How I Got x311 Faster Analytics on 110M Rows
Hey everyone! I recently got fed up with waiting minutes for simple analytics queries to finish, so I threw together a little demo to see how SingleStore, MySQL, and PostgreSQL stack up against each other on a 110 million‑row banking transactions dataset.
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Streaming Postgres Changes with Debezium and Kafka Connect: A Hands-On Tutorial
In this tutorial, you'll set up a complete CDC pipeline using Debezium (version 3.1) with Kafka Connect to capture changes from a PostgreSQL database. By the end, you'll have a working system that streams every insert, update, and delete operation from your database into Apache Kafka topics.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Firebird and PostgreSQL you can also consider the following projects:
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.
ClickHouse - ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system
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