Download DevRace FIBPlus 2026

Quick Intro

DevRace FIBPlus is old-school, stable set of utilities for any guy who develops Delphi and C++ Builder applications and needs close control over low-level database I/O. They have been in this business from long ago, so they still know how to hit bulls eye and is still a “booking” name in the field. It is maintained by Devrace group that publishes news, version release notes and trial builds on their official website.

What This Tool Actually Does

This package supplies a component and run-time support, which allows desktop applications to communicate with Interbase and Firebird server and provides all this with minimal fuss. You will get object-style access to all datasets, integrated BLOB handling, and components designed to minimize repetitive code, as well as a vendor maintained changelog and newsfeed on updates and compatibility releases, and testing downloads.

How It Operates

This package installs to Delphi and C++ Builder IDEs as component libraries. All installation does are the standard properties setup and drop the components on a form or I/O them in code, calling the various methods and setting the properties as needed. The package is very direct control allowing you to control transactions, statement execution and fetching direct from your code. The package also comes with helper tools such as a simple script generation tool and several examples to speed up your development process so you are not constantly typing the same code. The official pages will give you information about compatibility with various IDE versions along with the release notes so you can see which build of the components will work best for your IDE.

Key Features

• component set for access to InterBase and Firebird in the well-known IDEs.
• Optimized performance for large binary fields and BLOB data.
• Support for transactions, prepared statement, and direct execution of SQL.
• sample and demo projects to showcase integration scenarios
• Consistently posted release notes as well as downloadable evaluation builds.

This functionality makes the kit quite useful when predictable behavior is essential and tight control over database interactions is needed.

Why You’ll Want It

If that’s the kind of client-server desktop software you’re writing using Firebird or InterBase, this is the component set that will be familiar to you so you can continue working in the IDE you’re comfortable with. It alleviates a significant amount of the mystery involving driver oddities and BLOB handling corner cases. And yes, it was designed for developers who prefer to see and control the plumbing rather than abstract it away.

Typical Ways People Use It

• Providing direct database connectivity embedded within Delphi or C++ Builder (Win32-based) desktop applications for business applications and some utility tasks.
• Easily prototype data-driven apps through provided demo projects that can be used as starting points.
• Processing other complex data types, such as images or documents stored in BLOB (Binary Large Object) fields.
• Diagnosing performance critical SQL paths where fine-grain control is important.
• Keep working on the legacy application which already use these components or resists to any dangerous rewrites.

The Devrace’s site and news pages give a sneak peek into the version history and notes on the compatibility of available packages so you can select the right build for your toolchain.

Last Notes

This is not a glamourous kit and is not going to give the impression that it can do everything for you in one click. If however you want solid, component based access to InterBase and Firebird from Delphi and C++ Builder with a minimum of fuss then this is a pretty straight forward contender. Download the evaluation versions from the vendor and see how it performs with your project files and the versions of the target database. Release notes and documentation will quickly give you an idea if support exists for a particular version of your IDE or server.