Open source project mojoPortal now fully supports Firebird as indicated in the release notes : here and also in a previous blog post : here

mojoPortal is a content management system and web site framework written in C#/ASP.NET and runs on Windows with .NET or on Linux using Mono.

Nikolay Samofatov asked what is the process to submit patches and is it possible to obtain commit rights for the project...

UIB is a set of components to use Interbase, FireBird and YAFFIL.
These components were born from the need to use Interbase, FireBird or Yaffil indifferently as fast as possible in a Multithreading environment, a Server for example. UIB have a Borland Compliant conversion API for Interbase, FireBird and YAFFIL. http://www.progdigy.com/

SQLMaestro releases Firebird PHP Generator, a freeware but powerful Firebird GUI front-end that allows you to generate high-quality PHP scripts for the selected tables, views and queries for the further working with these objects through the web.

CopyCat is a set of Interbase/Firebird replication components for Delphi and C++Builder. Using CopyCat, you can easily build applications comprising advanced database replication capabilities, which can be deployed royalty-free.

IBUndelete V2.0 for Firebird and InterBase is available. This version now supports Firebird 2.0.x and InterBase 2007 database structures and improved undelete algorithms.

The Firebird team is pleased to announce that the first Alpha builds of Firebird V.2.1 are ready for testing. Binary and source kits for Linux and and some Win64 and Win32 kits should start appearing at the Sourceforge mirrors today. For a summary of new features and bug fixes, see HERE.

By default, Firebird stores backup files on local disk, but using GBak you can use something like the following to backup a remote database, locally.

This is the first sub-release since the 2.0 release in November, 2006. It adds no new features (those are coming in v.2.1) but provides a large number of bug-fixes and a few improvements. It is highly recommended that v.2.0 installations be upgraded to get the benefits of these.

The following solution was originally posted to the Firebird Support Mail List by Ivan Prenosil.