Firebird

URL

http://firebirdsql.org

licence

Interbase Public License, Initial Developer Public License

platforms

Unix, win32, Mac OS

Pros

• Powerful and stable cross-platform database
• Extensive SQL standards support

Cons

• Python driver binary distribution only available for Windows (need to compile for other platforms)

DB API 2.0 Drivers

KInterbasdb

URL

http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=devel&sub=python

Documentation

http://www.firebirdsql.org/devel/python/docs/3.3.0/

licence

BSD-like

platforms

Unix, win32

Python versions

2.4 - 2.6

Extensions to DB API

In addition to the minimal feature set of the standard Python DB API, KInterbasDB also exposes nearly the entire native client API of the database engine, including two-phase commit, server-side events, and an administrative API.

Pure Python Driver

Work in progress for an pure python driver (no C compiler needed or fbclient library) similar to the pure java one

http://firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=devel&sub=qa&id=qaff200902