Firebird

URL

http://firebird.sourceforge.net/

licence

Interbase Public License, Initial Developer Public License

platforms

Unix, win32, Mac OS

Pros

• Before the native version of PostgreSQL for Windows was released, Firebird was regarded by some as the most powerful and the most stable cross-platform database.

Cons

• Web site is hopeless.
• Not as actively developed as PostgreSQL.

DB API 2.0 Drivers

KInterbasdb

URL

http://kinterbasdb.sourceforge.net/

licence

BSD-like

platforms

Unix, win32

Python versions

1.5.2 - 2.4

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.