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

For hugsy/gef, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 6 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,613 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,613 of 3,219
Score41.03
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window—

Composite

Rank
2,613 of 3,219
Score
41.03
Tier
C
Coverage
61% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 33.5 (coverage 84%), friction 46.5 (coverage 40%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness62.520%
Criticality17.3100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor40.070%
Accessibility15.050%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.50.0%62.56—primaryraw/author_history/hugsy__gef.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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.9——primaryraw/dependents/hugsy__gef.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.25 downloads a month1.9——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__gef.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.297529.8——primaryraw/github_meta/hugsy__gef.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/hugsy__gef.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/hugsy__gef.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/hugsy__gef.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.4040.0——primaryraw/scorecard/hugsy__gef.json
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.5050.029—primaryraw/actions_runs/hugsy__gef.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/hugsy__gef.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
Balanced2,613 of 3,21941.03CRated
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 systems1,082 of 1,27640.22CRated
AI-assisted2,986 of 3,69641.09CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e29e29f75e1e63b218a4c8ca561f17ba09d379775f3a9da00fdcbbe7dd07a4e4

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/28.json, under the key hugsy/gef.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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