Digitize Pottery
Like Never Before
PyPottery combines state-of-the-art Computer Vision with archaeological standards. From physical drawings to publication-ready plates in one seamless workflow.
Five Steps to Publication
Each tool is designed to work standalone or seamlessly with the others. Use what you need, skip what you don't.
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A new tool is brewing. Stay tuned for announcements.
Coming Soon...
Another exciting module on the horizon.
Lightning Speed
Process hundreds of drawings in the time it takes to post-process few manually.
AI Powered
Built on PyTorch, YOLOv8, and SAM2. We leverage open source industrial-grade computer vision.
Docs at Your Fingertips
Complex tools need good documentation. Pixel, our assistant, is always ready to help you navigate the docs.
Open Source
Archaeology should be accessible. PyPottery is 100% free and open source. Contributions are welcome.
📦 Download Latest ReleaseScientific Publications
PyPottery is built on peer-reviewed research. Explore the science behind the tools.
PyPotteryLens: An Open-Source Framework for Automated Pottery Digitisation
DOI: 10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00380
Read Paper →PyPotteryInk: A One-Step Diffusion Model for Archaeological Drawing Vectorization
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2025.01.010
Read Paper →PyPotteryInk: One-Step Diffusion Model for Sketch to Publication-ready Archaeological Drawings
arXiv:2502.06897
Read Preprint →PyPotteryLens: An Open-Source Deep Learning Framework for Automated Digitisation of Archaeological Pottery Documentation
arXiv:2412.11574
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