PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-10-17

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

For facebook/prophet, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 9 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,792 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,338 of 1,525 (the bottom 13%).

Key facts
Rank1,792 of 3,219
Score48.93
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rank1,338 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window—

Composite

Rank
1,792 of 3,219
Score
48.93
Tier
C
Coverage
75% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 52.7 (coverage 100%), friction 52.7 (coverage 55%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness56.330%
Criticality63.1100%
Governance47.0100%
Rigor39.2100%
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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.66.7%83.39—primaryraw/author_history/facebook__prophet.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.1866.8 hours (77.8 days)2.11010 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/facebook__prophet.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.8172.9——primaryraw/dependents/facebook__prophet.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.4.0 million downloads a month72.7——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__prophet.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.449444.9——primaryraw/github_meta/facebook__prophet.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.375.032—primaryraw/commits_365d/facebook__prophet.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/facebook__prophet.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/facebook__prophet.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/facebook__prophet.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.62.562.5——primaryraw/scorecard/facebook__prophet.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.5.9%7.31710 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/facebook__prophet.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/facebook__prophet.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/facebook__prophet.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
Balanced1,792 of 3,21948.93CRated
First-timer1,338 of 1,52544.62CRated
Career capital674 of 79849.39CRated
Senior systems768 of 1,27651.37CRated
AI-assisted2,281 of 3,69647.18CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
dfbd2b38e51d096c71265340e8248b55cb2a86f6296c7edca32746fe6e1a4ea2

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/03.json, under the key facebook/prophet.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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