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freedomofpress/dangerzone

Python

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

Outside pull requests to freedomofpress/dangerzone got a first human reply in a median of 2 days (41 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 17% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,365 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 876 of 1,525 (the bottom 43%).

Key facts
Rank1,365 of 3,219
Score52.37
TierC
Median first reply2 days (48.3 hours)
14-day no-reply share17%
First-timer rank876 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,365 of 3,219
Score
52.37
Tier
C
Coverage
78% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 49.2 (coverage 68%), friction 45.2 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness56.375%
Criticality45.835%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor54.1100%
Accessibility57.5100%

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.16.7%66.72420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.66.7%83.39—primaryraw/author_history/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.48.3 hours (2 days)49.84119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1372.9 hours (57.2 days)6.13519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.458245.8——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0257—primaryraw/commits_365d/freedomofpress__dangerzone.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/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.81.403581.457—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.25.5%31.85519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.020—primaryraw/actions_runs/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.66.7%100.09—primaryraw/author_history/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.50.0%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/freedomofpress__dangerzone.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,365 of 3,21952.37CRated
First-timer876 of 1,52554.52CRated
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-assisted1,509 of 3,69652.68CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
2f0040cb1fd45748de920109730c8c33fb5f57b63d8ff89f546172322f14746d

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/61.json, under the key freedomofpress/dangerzone.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). freedomofpress/dangerzone. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/freedomofpress/dangerzone/. CC BY 4.0.

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