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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 ibis-project/ibis got a first human reply in a median of 39.1 hours (53 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 55% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,684 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: this repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.

Key facts
Rank1,684 of 3,219
Score49.84
TierC
Median first reply39.1 hours
14-day no-reply share55%
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,684 of 3,219
Score
49.84
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 52.7 (coverage 100%), friction 50.9 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness47.5100%
Criticality55.9100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor42.9100%
Accessibility38.2100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.61.5%76.91319 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ibis-project__ibis.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.55.2%0.05820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ibis-project__ibis.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.39.1%48.923—primaryraw/author_history/ibis-project__ibis.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.39.1 hours (1.6 days)57.45319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ibis-project__ibis.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1047.0 hours (43.6 days)12.22819 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ibis-project__ibis.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.2559.5——primaryraw/dependents/ibis-project__ibis.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.3.3 million downloads a month70.8——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__ibis.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.41141.1——primaryraw/github_meta/ibis-project__ibis.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0168—primaryraw/commits_365d/ibis-project__ibis.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/ibis-project__ibis.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/ibis-project__ibis.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/ibis-project__ibis.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.47.547.5——primaryraw/scorecard/ibis-project__ibis.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.31.8%39.86619 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ibis-project__ibis.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.2020.014—primaryraw/actions_runs/ibis-project__ibis.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.41.7%83.312—primaryraw/author_history/ibis-project__ibis.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/ibis-project__ibis.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.20.0%40.05—primaryraw/author_history/ibis-project__ibis.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,684 of 3,21949.84CRated
First-timerThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
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-assisted2,101 of 3,69648.39CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
7a74f1122b2b20699efe723e06e54a91a5fc542baa3a6b61623fc088307ed2dc

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The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/08.json, under the key ibis-project/ibis.

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