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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 getmoto/moto got a first human reply in a median of 3.1 days (136 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 42% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,445 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,445 of 3,219
Score51.74
TierC
Median first reply3.1 days (73.3 hours)
14-day no-reply share42%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,445 of 3,219
Score
51.74
Tier
C
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 59.3 (coverage 100%), friction 51.9 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness52.380%
Criticality72.7100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor36.8100%
Accessibility20.850%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.86.8%100.03818 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/getmoto__moto.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.42.3%15.414920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/getmoto__moto.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.73.3 hours (3.1 days)34.813618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/getmoto__moto.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.430.4 hours (17.9 days)40.917018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/getmoto__moto.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.24881.9——primaryraw/dependents/getmoto__moto.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.36.4 million downloads a month87.1——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__moto.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.519752.0——primaryraw/github_meta/getmoto__moto.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0630—primaryraw/commits_365d/getmoto__moto.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/getmoto__moto.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/getmoto__moto.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/getmoto__moto.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5555.0——primaryraw/scorecard/getmoto__moto.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.7.5%9.419918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/getmoto__moto.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.69.270869.328—primaryraw/actions_runs/getmoto__moto.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/getmoto__moto.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
Balanced1,445 of 3,21951.74CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capital590 of 79852.63CRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted2,036 of 3,69648.85CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
71665eb998360981beeeedc7c5e2bfdb7b17a6a396a9b556454c110dccedac0d

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/8d.json, under the key getmoto/moto.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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