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Future-House/paper-qa

Python

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

For Future-House/paper-qa, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 89% of 18 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (27 April to 24 October 2026). It ranks 3,983 of 4,044 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank3,983 of 4,044
Score30.67
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share89%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window27 April to 24 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,983 of 4,044
Score
30.67
Tier
D
Coverage
61% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 42.8 (coverage 79%), friction 79.3 (coverage 48%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness0.015%
Criticality41.5100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor40.030%
Accessibility28.050%

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.88.9%0.01827 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Future-House__paper-qa.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.549.3——primaryraw/dependents/Future-House__paper-qa.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.65,413 downloads a month38.7——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__paper-qa.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.345234.5——primaryraw/github_meta/Future-House__paper-qa.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0114—primaryraw/commits_365d/Future-House__paper-qa.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/Future-House__paper-qa.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/Future-House__paper-qa.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/Future-House__paper-qa.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/Future-House__paper-qa.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.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/Future-House__paper-qa.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
Balanced3,983 of 4,04430.67DRated
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-assistedNot enough evidence to show under this lens.

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
b478bb9aaa1f4babff294c3f8fc4734ad87774cb2301acd759638f26eb65b326

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/56.json, under the key Future-House/paper-qa.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). Future-House/paper-qa. Snapshot 2026-11-05. https://porchlamp.org/projects/future-house/paper-qa/. CC BY 4.0.

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