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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 5 November 2026.

For arcee-ai/mergekit, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 87% of 15 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (27 April to 24 October 2026). It ranks 3,843 of 4,044 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,858 of 1,904 (the bottom 3%).

Key facts
Rank3,843 of 4,044
Score36.58
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share87%
First-timer rank1,858 of 1,904
EcosystemPython
Window27 April to 24 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,843 of 4,044
Score
36.58
Tier
D
Coverage
63% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 36.6 (coverage 59%), friction 64.7 (coverage 70%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness36.045%
Criticality38.335%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor38.570%
Accessibility42.385%

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.86.7%0.01527 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/arcee-ai__mergekit.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.62.5%78.18—primaryraw/author_history/arcee-ai__mergekit.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1569.8 hours (65.4 days)5.5725 April to 22 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/arcee-ai__mergekit.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.0.38338.3——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/arcee-ai__mergekit.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.032—primaryraw/commits_365d/arcee-ai__mergekit.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/arcee-ai__mergekit.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/arcee-ai__mergekit.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/arcee-ai__mergekit.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.37.333337.312—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/arcee-ai__mergekit.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/arcee-ai__mergekit.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.36.4%72.711—primaryraw/author_history/arcee-ai__mergekit.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/arcee-ai__mergekit.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
Balanced3,843 of 4,04436.58DRated
First-timer1,858 of 1,90437.37DRated
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-assisted3,871 of 4,00236.97DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
98db4cb595beaca5e6dfb0a7534fd57adac258b0288b65ac8ce1447b806bfacd

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/c3.json, under the key arcee-ai/mergekit.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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