PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-10-17

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

For mikf/gallery-dl, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,036 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,343 of 1,525 (the bottom 12%).

Key facts
Rank2,036 of 3,219
Score46.83
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rank1,343 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window—

Composite

Rank
2,036 of 3,219
Score
46.83
Tier
C
Coverage
73% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 48.4 (coverage 91%), friction 52.8 (coverage 57%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness51.520%
Criticality49.2100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor45.770%
Accessibility31.485%

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.41.2%51.517—primaryraw/author_history/mikf__gallery-dl.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.646.9——primaryraw/dependents/mikf__gallery-dl.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.309,269 downloads a month53.3——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__gallery-dl.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.489248.9——primaryraw/github_meta/mikf__gallery-dl.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0798—primaryraw/commits_365d/mikf__gallery-dl.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/mikf__gallery-dl.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/mikf__gallery-dl.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/mikf__gallery-dl.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5050.0——primaryraw/scorecard/mikf__gallery-dl.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.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/mikf__gallery-dl.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.23.1%46.213—primaryraw/author_history/mikf__gallery-dl.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/mikf__gallery-dl.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
Balanced2,036 of 3,21946.83CRated
First-timer1,343 of 1,52544.49CRated
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-assisted2,331 of 3,69646.85CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
15d6d63c1372886bca768f551eb6039a2904b792f815dcc5f77af734fb8ea24d

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/72.json, under the key mikf/gallery-dl.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). mikf/gallery-dl. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/mikf/gallery-dl/. CC BY 4.0.

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