HQbird: Advanced FirebirdSQL

IBSurgeon HQbird is an advanced distribution of Firebird for enterprises, with the following list of features: 100% Firebird engine, optimized configurations, high availability and replication, backups automation, database health monitoring, transactions and queries monitoring (TraceAPI, MON$ and FBScanner), database structure analysis, recovery toolset and database development GUI.

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Firebird Performance Optimization

IBSurgeon offers Firebird Performance Optimization service to increase the performance of your Firebird database and application. We will optimize the configuration of Firebird server and database, tune settings of hardware, virtual environments and operation systems, speed up your SQL queries with indices and tweaks, and improve database structure and transactions management.

From $599

Emergency database recovery

To recover corrupted Firebird (or InterBase) databases (with size less than 65Gb) you can use IBSurgeon FirstAID - the best recovery tool for Firebird and InterBase. FirstAID can automatically fix the vast majority of Firebird database corruption. For databases more than 65Gb in size please contact our support, most like they will require manual recovery service.

From $199

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HQbird 2024R2 Update 13

This is a focused minor release built around a single major feature: the ability to create indices concurrently in Firebird 5.

Many database administrators have lost sleep creating indices at night to avoid impacting production. In some cases, a CREATE INDEX or ALTER INDEX operation running during production hours has caused databases to become unresponsive.

With HQbird 5.0.5.1838, this is no longer necessary. The new CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY command allows indices to be created without blocking database operations.

This release also includes additional improvements and bug fixes, including enhancements to silent installation and uninstallation.

Download: https://ib-aid.com/en/download-hqbird

News

21 Июля 2026

HQbird 2024R2 Update 13

22 Июня 2026

HQbird 2024R Update 12

19 Июня 2026

New article “Using UUID in Firebird” New article “Using UUID in Firebird” by D. Simonov covers practical approaches to working with UUIDs in Firebird without core modifications.

New article “Using UUID in Firebird” by D. Simonov covers practical approaches to working with UUIDs in Firebird without core modifications.

14 Мая 2026

HQbird 2024R2 Update 11

27 Апреля 2026

HQbird 2024 R2 Update 9

HQbird 2024 R2 Update 10 introduces the big new feature - Materialized Views, and several important bug fixes and improvements