PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-11-05

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

For darrenburns/posting, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 80% of 15 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (27 April to 24 October 2026). It ranks 3,848 of 4,044 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,859 of 1,904 (the bottom 3%).

Key facts
Rank3,848 of 4,044
Score36.49
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share80%
First-timer rank1,859 of 1,904
EcosystemPython
Window27 April to 24 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,848 of 4,044
Score
36.49
Tier
D
Coverage
86% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 36.6 (coverage 100%), friction 63.3 (coverage 73%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness23.945%
Criticality28.5100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor40.7100%
Accessibility47.8100%

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.80.0%0.01527 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/darrenburns__posting.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.42.9%53.67—primaryraw/author_history/darrenburns__posting.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.3351.7 hours (139.7 days)0.6722 April to 19 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/darrenburns__posting.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.019.2——primaryraw/dependents/darrenburns__posting.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.45,910 downloads a month35.5——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__posting.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.341534.2——primaryraw/github_meta/darrenburns__posting.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0584—primaryraw/commits_365d/darrenburns__posting.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/darrenburns__posting.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/darrenburns__posting.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/darrenburns__posting.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.34.333334.320—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/darrenburns__posting.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.40.0%50.01022 April to 19 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/darrenburns__posting.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/darrenburns__posting.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.50.0%100.012—primaryraw/author_history/darrenburns__posting.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/darrenburns__posting.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.06—primaryraw/author_history/darrenburns__posting.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced3,848 of 4,04436.49DRated
First-timer1,859 of 1,90437.20DRated
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-assisted3,864 of 4,00237.10DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
b11a986964d5a554c8e40c8313c429a4a516b0ff63435bb83531d0a0a4f99cd1

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/41.json, under the key darrenburns/posting.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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