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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

Outside pull requests to Andyyyy64/whichllm got a first human reply in a median of 2.4 days (55 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 15% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,246 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,291 of 1,525 (the bottom 16%).

Key facts
Rank2,246 of 3,219
Score44.90
TierC
Median first reply2.4 days (57.2 hours)
14-day no-reply share15%
First-timer rank1,291 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,246 of 3,219
Score
44.90
Tier
C
Coverage
93% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 38.9 (coverage 100%), friction 46.1 (coverage 90%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness69.1100%
Criticality25.0100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor54.3100%
Accessibility21.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.04919 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.14.5%71.06220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.75.0%93.828—primaryraw/author_history/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.57.2 hours (2.4 days)43.75519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.869.7 hours (36.2 days)15.65619 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.9——primaryraw/dependents/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.4,587 downloads a month23.1——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__whichllm.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.366636.7——primaryraw/github_meta/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0334—primaryraw/commits_365d/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.62.340462.394—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.46.3%57.86719 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/Andyyyy64__whichllm.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,246 of 3,21944.90CRated
First-timer1,291 of 1,52545.97CRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted2,239 of 3,69647.48CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
1258b5c079eec2fbeb5518f835c73be5d228748a46df06767fef5075659177a7

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/43.json, under the key Andyyyy64/whichllm.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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