I would recommend SQLite + a nice usable interface tool like datasette https://github.com/simonw/datasette https://github.com/simonw/datasette Or SQLitebrows

I would recommend SQLite + a nice usable interface tool like datasette https://github.com/simonw/datasette https://github.com/simonw/datasette Or SQLitebrowser https://sqlitebrowser.org/ https://sqlitebrowser.org/ (There are other generalized tools, search around to see if there are more suitable.) You can store whole files, in addition to searchable text fields , and the single file is easier to share or turn into a more sophisticated “app” when the time is right.