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

For exaloop/codon, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 35% of 40 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 2,788 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,273 of 1,525 (the bottom 17%).

Key facts
Rank2,788 of 3,219
Score38.38
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share35%
First-timer rank1,273 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,788 of 3,219
Score
38.38
Tier
D
Coverage
90% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 23.6 (coverage 100%), friction 48.9 (coverage 82%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness64.670%
Criticality19.1100%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor27.0100%
Accessibility50.085%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.52.9%66.21710 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/exaloop__codon.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.35.0%30.04020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/exaloop__codon.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.75.0%93.88—primaryraw/author_history/exaloop__codon.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.302.0 hours (12.6 days)54.23110 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/exaloop__codon.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.9——primaryraw/dependents/exaloop__codon.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.399 downloads a month7.4——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__codon.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.31131.1——primaryraw/github_meta/exaloop__codon.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.066—primaryraw/commits_365d/exaloop__codon.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/exaloop__codon.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/exaloop__codon.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/exaloop__codon.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.31.87131.931—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/exaloop__codon.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.6.1%7.63310 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/exaloop__codon.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/exaloop__codon.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.60.0%100.05—primaryraw/author_history/exaloop__codon.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/exaloop__codon.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,788 of 3,21938.38DRated
First-timer1,273 of 1,52546.64CRated
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-assisted3,407 of 3,69635.62DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
2703e1c9b35620c2799df0ae3d0de19a3376d8d2dc0f5d4e3464844017554c11

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/b4.json, under the key exaloop/codon.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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