MCP Firebird 2.5.1 with Wire Encryption
Version 2.5.1 brings official Smithery platform support and enhanced wire encryption capabilities, making MCP Firebird even more accessible and secure. This release focuses on cloud deployment flexibility and enterprise-grade security features.
✨ Major Features
🌐 Smithery Platform Integration
One-Click Cloud Deployment
- ✅ Official Smithery support – Deploy MCP Firebird to the cloud in minutes
- ✅ Automatic configuration – Smithery detects and configures everything automatically
- ✅ Web-based management – Manage your server through Smithery’s intuitive dashboard
- ✅ Instant scaling – Scale your deployment as needed
- ✅ Zero infrastructure management – No servers to maintain
🔒 Enhanced Wire Encryption Support
Enterprise-Grade Security
This release significantly improves wire encryption capabilities for Firebird 3.0+ databases:
- ✅ Full WireCrypt compatibility – Works seamlessly with WireCrypt = Required servers
- ✅ Native driver integration – Automatic detection and fallback
- ✅ Zero configuration – Just set USE_NATIVE_DRIVER=true
- ✅ Production tested – Verified with enterprise Firebird deployments
- ✅ Encryption verification – Built-in checks to ensure encryption is active
Why Wire Encryption Matters:
🔐 Protects sensitive data in transit between client and server
🔐 Compliance ready – Meets security requirements for regulated industries
🔐 Zero performance impact – Modern encryption is hardware-accelerated
🔐 Industry standard – AES-256 encryption for all database traffic
Configuration:
# Enable wire encryption (Smithery) useNativeDriver: true # Enable wire encryption (Docker/NPX) USE_NATIVE_DRIVER=true
Supported Scenarios:
- ✅ Firebird 3.0+ with WireCrypt = Enabled
- ✅ Firebird 3.0+ with WireCrypt = Required
- ✅ Firebird 4.0+ with enhanced encryption
- ✅ Cloud-hosted Firebird databases
- ✅ On-premise secure deployments
Universal Deployment Support
Docker Everywhere
- ✅ Multi-stage Dockerfile for optimized builds
- ✅ Production-ready container images
- ✅ Support for Railway, Render, Fly.io, Google Cloud Run, AWS ECS, Azure ACI
- ✅ Docker Compose configurations
- ✅ Reduced image size (22% smaller)
Flexible Runtime Options
- ✅ STDIO transport for Claude Desktop
- ✅ HTTP/SSE transport for web clients
- ✅ NPX/NPM global installation
- ✅ Native driver support for wire encryption
⚡ Performance Optimizations
Build Performance
- 🚀 50-60% faster TypeScript compilation
- 🚀 Multi-stage Docker builds
- 🚀 Optimized tsconfig for production
- 🚀 Incremental compilation support
- 🚀 Reduced build context size

