Determine the actual extent of PyPottery adoption

Determine the actual extent of PyPottery use across research groups, given that the software operates locally and requires no registration.

Background

The paper reports early applications of PyPottery by at least seven researchers working across different chronologies, languages, and documentation traditions. However, these cases are known to the author only because the researchers made direct contact. Since PyPottery requires no registration and operates entirely locally, unreported users cannot be identified, leaving the overall extent of adoption unresolved.

References

The actual extent of use is not known, as the software requires no registration.

— PyPottery: an AI-powered end-to-end suite for pottery processing and publication  (2610.02072 - Cardarelli, 1 Oct 2026) in Section 5.4, Limitations