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containers/podman-compose

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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 containers/podman-compose got a first human reply in a median of 6.7 days (33 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 50% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,664 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,198 of 1,525 (the bottom 22%).

Key facts
Rank1,664 of 3,219
Score49.98
TierC
Median first reply6.7 days (159.6 hours)
14-day no-reply share50%
First-timer rank1,198 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,664 of 3,219
Score
49.98
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 51.2 (coverage 100%), friction 49.0 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness46.3100%
Criticality44.6100%
Governance64.5100%
Rigor53.3100%
Accessibility42.4100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.76.2%95.22119 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/containers__podman-compose.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.50.0%0.04420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/containers__podman-compose.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.76.9%96.226—primaryraw/author_history/containers__podman-compose.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.159.6 hours (6.7 days)6.73319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/containers__podman-compose.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1027.2 hours (42.8 days)12.92719 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/containers__podman-compose.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.341.2——primaryraw/dependents/containers__podman-compose.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.276,481 downloads a month52.2——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__podman-compose.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.43143.1——primaryraw/github_meta/containers__podman-compose.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0254—primaryraw/commits_365d/containers__podman-compose.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Sign-off on commits (DCO)100.0——primaryraw/governance/containers__podman-compose.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/containers__podman-compose.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/containers__podman-compose.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.7575.0——primaryraw/scorecard/containers__podman-compose.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.30.0%37.53019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/containers__podman-compose.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.78.37578.430—primaryraw/actions_runs/containers__podman-compose.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.43.8%87.516—primaryraw/author_history/containers__podman-compose.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/containers__podman-compose.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.07—primaryraw/author_history/containers__podman-compose.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,664 of 3,21949.98CRated
First-timer1,198 of 1,52548.39CRated
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-assisted1,767 of 3,69650.74CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
909bfa8ed14628a15f17a21d799cbf149cc0429809f6e07e357d8f757270ba22

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/0d.json, under the key containers/podman-compose.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). containers/podman-compose. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/containers/podman-compose/. CC BY 4.0.

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