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For context, before the rise of SQLite, BerkeleyDB was often used for local file databases.

I never programmed for berkelyDB but I don’t believe it was SQL, so I think that’s what made SQLite so successful. The combination of an SQL api backed by local files

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BerkeleyDB was a key/value store. I'm not sure how much uptake it actually had vs other solutions. Prior to widespread availability of SQLite3, it was not unheard of to write your bespoke format if you needed something sophisticated.

My exposure to BDB was through sendmail, spam assassin, and subversion. All three a big chunk of my job in 2006.

BerkleyDB is NoSQL and is internally used in popular No-SQL solution like DynamoDB.

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