[NightMKoder]

FWIW I use atuin (https://atuin.sh/) and am reasonably happy with it, especially the infinite capacity & snapiness. Ignoring the sync features, I believe it's also sqlite backed when running in local-only mode.

[Valodim]

The readme starts by saying how the author used to use atuin, and why they wrote stinkpot as a less featureful alternative.

[tstenner]

AFAIK it is always backed by a sqlite DB. That way the sync just populates the DB and the completion process doesn't care (or wait for) the central source.

[INTPenis]

So can it run without AI? They promote their own AI on the website and that is really the last thing I want in my Shell