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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 kellyjonbrazil/jc got a first human reply in a median of 2 days (44 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 20% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,643 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 952 of 1,525 (the bottom 38%).

Key facts
Rank1,643 of 3,219
Score50.14
TierC
Median first reply2 days (48.4 hours)
14-day no-reply share20%
First-timer rank952 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,643 of 3,219
Score
50.14
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 43.0 (coverage 100%), friction 42.8 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness63.4100%
Criticality43.7100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor36.9100%
Accessibility51.5100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.01218 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.19.6%60.94620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.50.0%62.518—primaryraw/author_history/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.48.4 hours (2 days)49.74418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.805.9 hours (33.6 days)18.93018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.341.2——primaryraw/dependents/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.569,378 downloads a month56.0——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__jc.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.378637.9——primaryraw/github_meta/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0140—primaryraw/commits_365d/kellyjonbrazil__jc.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/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.2.3%2.84418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.83.3%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/kellyjonbrazil__jc.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/kellyjonbrazil__jc.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,643 of 3,21950.14CRated
First-timer952 of 1,52553.28CRated
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-assisted2,300 of 3,69647.05CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
8138d59986322a950816fdfc02da37d6553fd2e852d7732d7430e50d4035e529

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/f6.json, under the key kellyjonbrazil/jc.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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