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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 dataelement/bisheng got a first human reply in a median of 6.7 days (21 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 41% got none within 14 days. It ranks 3,005 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank3,005 of 3,219
Score33.74
TierD
Median first reply6.7 days (160.6 hours)
14-day no-reply share41%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,005 of 3,219
Score
33.74
Tier
D
Coverage
81% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 36.2 (coverage 100%), friction 65.4 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness23.555%
Criticality22.0100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor44.6100%
Accessibility25.550%

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.40.7%18.52720 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dataelement__bisheng.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.160.6 hours (6.7 days)6.42118 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dataelement__bisheng.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.87.5 hours (3.6 days)82.2818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dataelement__bisheng.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.9——primaryraw/dependents/dataelement__bisheng.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.363 downloads a month7.0——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__bisheng.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.396439.6——primaryraw/github_meta/dataelement__bisheng.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.01,000—primaryraw/commits_365d/dataelement__bisheng.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/dataelement__bisheng.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/dataelement__bisheng.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/dataelement__bisheng.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.40.298540.3402—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/dataelement__bisheng.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.03618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dataelement__bisheng.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/dataelement__bisheng.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/dataelement__bisheng.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
Balanced3,005 of 3,21933.74DRated
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-assisted3,379 of 3,69636.15DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
6751a2e785bbeb22d9e209a5c4b1738d69dce8284069b1055899b809488e4a26

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/ef.json, under the key dataelement/bisheng.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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