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two good options for an embedded, transactional database that can be conveniently used in a non-free Python application: the ZODB and sqlite.

APSW provides an SQLite 3 wrapper that provides the thinnest layer over SQLite 3 possible. Everything you can do from the C API to SQLite 3, you can do from Python.

SQLite allows you to create full-fledged databases on the fly without using traditional databases