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First human reply

5 days

typical wait for an outside pull request, from 48 measured.

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

Outside pull requests to ArcReel/ArcReel got a first human reply in a median of 5 days (48 pull requests, 26 April to 23 October 2026); 1% got none within 14 days. It ranks 3,610 of 4,044 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank3,610 of 4,044
Score41.46
TierC
Median first reply5 days (119.6 hours)
14-day no-reply share1%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window26 April to 23 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,610 of 4,044
Score
41.46
Tier
C
Coverage
65% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 43.4 (coverage 68%), friction 59.8 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness53.955%
Criticality50.935%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor40.2100%
Accessibility22.250%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.1.2%97.596327 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ArcReel__ArcReel.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Collector failure
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.119.6 hours (5 days)17.14826 April to 23 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ArcReel__ArcReel.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.8.4 hours (0.4 days)99.11,00126 April to 23 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ArcReel__ArcReel.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.0.508950.9——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/ArcReel__ArcReel.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.02,022—primaryraw/commits_365d/ArcReel__ArcReel.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/ArcReel__ArcReel.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/ArcReel__ArcReel.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/ArcReel__ArcReel.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.25.430525.41,235—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/ArcReel__ArcReel.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.4.1%5.11,03626 April to 23 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ArcReel__ArcReel.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.74.020874.08—primaryraw/actions_runs/ArcReel__ArcReel.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/ArcReel__ArcReel.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced3,610 of 4,04441.46CRated
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-assisted3,651 of 4,00241.67CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
2feee03a913fd16a94d4e7dca00a6a5df1c45e41b9080d6b1e822a5f41216025

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/d5.json, under the key ArcReel/ArcReel.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). ArcReel/ArcReel. Snapshot 2026-11-05. https://porchlamp.org/projects/arcreel/arcreel/. CC BY 4.0.

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