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ApodexAI/FrontierAgent

Python

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

Outside pull requests to ApodexAI/FrontierAgent got a first human reply in a median of 19.7 hours (25 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 19% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,021 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,021 of 3,219
Score47.01
TierC
Median first reply19.7 hours
14-day no-reply share19%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,021 of 3,219
Score
47.01
Tier
C
Coverage
65% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 42.7 (coverage 68%), friction 46.1 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness67.255%
Criticality31.335%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor56.4100%
Accessibility25.550%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.19.0%61.92120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ApodexAI__FrontierAgent.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.19.7 hours (0.8 days)82.22519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ApodexAI__FrontierAgent.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.548.5 hours (22.9 days)30.32419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ApodexAI__FrontierAgent.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.313131.3——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/ApodexAI__FrontierAgent.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0159—primaryraw/commits_365d/ApodexAI__FrontierAgent.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/ApodexAI__FrontierAgent.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/ApodexAI__FrontierAgent.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/ApodexAI__FrontierAgent.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.88.510688.547—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/ApodexAI__FrontierAgent.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.24.0%30.02519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ApodexAI__FrontierAgent.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/ApodexAI__FrontierAgent.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/ApodexAI__FrontierAgent.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
Balanced2,021 of 3,21947.01CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
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-assisted1,924 of 3,69649.57CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
9a60bf4cd788433b0ca91fcee25827766423ec7b6e799c50ef7492c515c397cb

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/60.json, under the key ApodexAI/FrontierAgent.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). ApodexAI/FrontierAgent. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/apodexai/frontieragent/. CC BY 4.0.

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