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blacklanternsecurity/bbot

Python

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

Outside pull requests to blacklanternsecurity/bbot got a first human reply in a median of 34.7 hours (249 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 10% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,149 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,149 of 3,219
Score45.80
TierC
Median first reply34.7 hours
14-day no-reply share10%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,149 of 3,219
Score
45.80
Tier
C
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 41.6 (coverage 100%), friction 45.5 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness76.280%
Criticality27.5100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor59.2100%
Accessibility6.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.97.6%100.08418 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.10.4%79.221220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.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.34.7 hours (1.4 days)61.724918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.288.5 hours (12 days)55.934018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.9——primaryraw/dependents/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.36,060 downloads a month37.4——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__bbot.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.335233.5——primaryraw/github_meta/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0929—primaryraw/commits_365d/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.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/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.68.019668.0340—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.9.3%11.639818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.2020.010—primaryraw/actions_runs/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.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/blacklanternsecurity__bbot.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
Balanced2,149 of 3,21945.80CRated
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-assisted1,912 of 3,69649.63CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
acf079c8567ba4e6a8d82be514ebf5cb692080e67931959c9f8a7eaee59d2bb9

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/4b.json, under the key blacklanternsecurity/bbot.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). blacklanternsecurity/bbot. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/blacklanternsecurity/bbot/. CC BY 4.0.

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