firebird
Firebird is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) that runs on Windows, Linux, macOS and other Unix platforms. It provides ANSI SQL support, excellent concurrency, strong stored procedures and triggers, and can be embedded directly into applications or run as a standalone server. Firebird is widely used by developers building database-backed applications, financial systems, and business software. The database engine itself can be redistributed with applications, and its framework is installed on macOS at /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework.
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1 suggestionFirebird is not a standalone application but a framework and database engine that must be installed as part of your application's installation or as a system dependency. A native Apple Silicon build of Firebird has been available since version 4.0 (released in 2021) and is actively maintained — you can verify this by checking the SourceForge downloads page, which offers Firebird-5.0.4 and later in native arm64 builds for macOS. If Firebird is embedded in an application you use, contact that application's developer to confirm they are shipping the current native build of Firebird with their installer. If you are a developer bundling Firebird with your own macOS application, download the latest native arm64 Firebird package from the official SourceForge repository and include it in your installer package rather than relying on system installation. This ensures compatibility and gives you control over the exact version. Since Apple is removing Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), any application still using an Intel-only Firebird build will stop functioning on that release, so updating to the native arm64 build is essential.
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