PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-11-05

First human reply

13.8 days

typical wait for an outside pull request, from 226 measured.

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

Outside pull requests to huggingface/lerobot got a first human reply in a median of 13.8 days (226 pull requests, 22 April to 19 October 2026); 77% got none within 14 days. It ranks 3,573 of 4,044 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank3,573 of 4,044
Score41.87
TierC
Median first reply13.8 days (330.6 hours)
14-day no-reply share77%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window22 April to 19 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,573 of 4,044
Score
41.87
Tier
C
Coverage
81% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 56.6 (coverage 100%), friction 67.3 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness1.955%
Criticality36.7100%
Governance86.0100%
Rigor70.2100%
Accessibility30.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.77.5%0.054627 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/huggingface__lerobot.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.330.6 hours (13.8 days)0.022622 April to 19 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/huggingface__lerobot.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1197.0 hours (49.9 days)10.49522 April to 19 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/huggingface__lerobot.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.019.2——primaryraw/dependents/huggingface__lerobot.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.237,322 downloads a month48.7——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__lerobot.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.479748.0——primaryraw/github_meta/huggingface__lerobot.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.375.0779—primaryraw/commits_365d/huggingface__lerobot.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/huggingface__lerobot.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.An outside contributor became a member or collaborator100.0——primaryraw/governance/huggingface__lerobot.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/huggingface__lerobot.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.57.053157.1452—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/huggingface__lerobot.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.50.4%63.026222 April to 19 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/huggingface__lerobot.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.100100.018—primaryraw/actions_runs/huggingface__lerobot.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/huggingface__lerobot.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
Balanced3,573 of 4,04441.87CRated
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 systems863 of 98650.16CRated
AI-assisted3,078 of 4,00248.19CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
26b2d174f4f3a274dfb12fcc912cd1f137b9e85f0c5028258336ece33b55cfa4

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/d8.json, under the key huggingface/lerobot.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

Open an issue about this record and say what looks wrong.

Porchlamp (2026). huggingface/lerobot. Snapshot 2026-11-05. https://porchlamp.org/projects/huggingface/lerobot/. CC BY 4.0.

Similar projects

The ranked projects nearest this one in the same ecosystem.