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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 mindee/doctr got a first human reply in a median of 18.6 hours (41 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 3% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,544 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,105 of 1,525 (the bottom 28%).

Key facts
Rank1,544 of 3,219
Score51.01
TierC
Median first reply18.6 hours
14-day no-reply share3%
First-timer rank1,105 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,544 of 3,219
Score
51.01
Tier
C
Coverage
93% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 45.9 (coverage 100%), friction 40.4 (coverage 90%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness83.0100%
Criticality42.3100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor49.0100%
Accessibility15.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.01019 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mindee__doctr.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.3.4%93.12920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mindee__doctr.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.42.9%53.67—primaryraw/author_history/mindee__doctr.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.18.6 hours (0.8 days)84.14119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mindee__doctr.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.105.2 hours (4.4 days)80.33519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mindee__doctr.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.341.2——primaryraw/dependents/mindee__doctr.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.204,697 downloads a month50.0——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__doctr.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.379337.9——primaryraw/github_meta/mindee__doctr.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.089—primaryraw/commits_365d/mindee__doctr.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/mindee__doctr.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/mindee__doctr.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/mindee__doctr.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/mindee__doctr.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.34.8%43.54619 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mindee__doctr.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.50.062550.18—primaryraw/actions_runs/mindee__doctr.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/mindee__doctr.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
Balanced1,544 of 3,21951.01CRated
First-timer1,105 of 1,52550.25CRated
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-assisted1,682 of 3,69651.28CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
2b1e0ed4bb57788d2bdc24f6d424a67b74264867e87d87ba6083b1fde75b04b2

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/77.json, under the key mindee/doctr.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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