Cellects: Cell Expansion Computer Tracking Software

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Description

Cellects is a user-friendly software for automated computation of biological growth, motion and morphology from 2D images and time-lapse sequences (2D + t). Its graphical interface has a minimalist design which ensures users can perform essential image analysis tasks without prior expertise. Cellects’ main strengths are its broad scope of action, automated computation of a variety of geometrical descriptors, easy installation and user-friendly interface.

Cellects first window
Figure 1: Cellects first window

Installation (Short version)

Install on Windows .exe and macOS (silicon only) .dmg

Or, install via pip:

pip install cellects

Any difficulties? follow our complete installation tutorial

Quick Start

Run in terminal:

cellects

Documentation

Cellects' workflow is described in a complete documentation. It includes:

  • What is Cellects: Purpose of the software, usable data and introduction of its user manual
  • Setting up a first analysis: Step-by-step workflows for data localization, image analysis and video tracking
  • Improving the analysis: Customization options, batch processing, parameter tuning.
  • Use cases: Real-world cases using the GUI (interface) and the API (scripts).
  • Contributing: Report bugs and feature requests; contribute; testing and documentation processes.
  • API Reference: Auto-generated from source code docstrings (see [Build Documentation]).

Use Cases

See use cases for real-world examples:

  • Automated Physarum polycephalum tracking using GUI
  • Automated Physarum polycephalum tracking using API
  • Colony growth tracking

Contributing

We welcome contributions!

  1. Fork the repository and create a new branch.
  2. Submit issues/PRs via GitHub.

For developer workflows, see Contributing.

License & Citation

GNU GPL3 License (see LICENSE).

To cite Cellects, use:

@article{boussard2026cellects,
  title={Cellects, a software to quantify cell expansion and motion},
  author = {Boussard, Aur{\`e}le and Petit, Manuel and Arrufat, Patrick and Dussutour, Audrey and P{\'e}rez-Escudero, Alfonso},
  journal={bioRxiv},
  pages={2026--02},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1101/2024.03.26.586795},
  publisher={Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory}
}

Testing

Run unit tests with:

pip install -e ".[test]"
pytest

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Credits

Author: Aurèle Boussard

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License

GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3) (GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)

Requires

Python <3.15, >=3.11

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