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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 camel-ai/camel got a first human reply in a median of 2.8 days (85 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 56% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,404 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,352 of 1,525 (the bottom 12%).

Key facts
Rank2,404 of 3,219
Score43.35
TierC
Median first reply2.8 days (66.8 hours)
14-day no-reply share56%
First-timer rank1,352 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,404 of 3,219
Score
43.35
Tier
C
Coverage
93% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 39.8 (coverage 100%), friction 50.8 (coverage 90%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness48.0100%
Criticality30.9100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor41.5100%
Accessibility37.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.90.8%100.06510 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/camel-ai__camel.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.55.8%0.015420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/camel-ai__camel.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.42.4%53.059—primaryraw/author_history/camel-ai__camel.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.66.8 hours (2.8 days)38.18510 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/camel-ai__camel.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1126.2 hours (46.9 days)9.84610 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/camel-ai__camel.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.9——primaryraw/dependents/camel-ai__camel.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.42,975 downloads a month39.2——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__camel.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.421542.1——primaryraw/github_meta/camel-ai__camel.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0378—primaryraw/commits_365d/camel-ai__camel.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/camel-ai__camel.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/camel-ai__camel.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/camel-ai__camel.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6464.0——primaryraw/scorecard/camel-ai__camel.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.10.4%13.012510 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/camel-ai__camel.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.100100.015—primaryraw/actions_runs/camel-ai__camel.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.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/camel-ai__camel.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
Balanced2,404 of 3,21943.35CRated
First-timer1,352 of 1,52544.03CRated
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-assisted2,801 of 3,69642.90CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
52593c7f19c536a9b36239301a99ae33333bf60b7f4a5cd5510ac5a15a97c422

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/9a.json, under the key camel-ai/camel.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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