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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 mltframework/shotcut got a first human reply in a median of 2.5 hours (17 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 19% got none within 14 days. It ranks 771 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 525 of 1,525 (the top 35%).

Key facts
Rank771 of 3,219
Score57.19
TierB
Median first reply2.5 hours
14-day no-reply share19%
First-timer rank525 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
771 of 3,219
Score
57.19
Tier
B
Coverage
92% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 49.8 (coverage 100%), friction 35.8 (coverage 85%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness76.875%
Criticality50.4100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor48.4100%
Accessibility53.585%

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.18.8%62.51620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mltframework__shotcut.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.44.4%55.69—primaryraw/author_history/mltframework__shotcut.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.2.5 hours (0.1 days)100.01710 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mltframework__shotcut.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.172.6 hours (7.2 days)70.91110 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mltframework__shotcut.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Not applicable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Not applicable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.504150.4——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/mltframework__shotcut.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0542—primaryraw/commits_365d/mltframework__shotcut.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/mltframework__shotcut.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/mltframework__shotcut.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/mltframework__shotcut.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.27.527.5——primaryraw/scorecard/mltframework__shotcut.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.23.8%29.82110 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mltframework__shotcut.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/mltframework__shotcut.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.66.7%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/mltframework__shotcut.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/mltframework__shotcut.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
Balanced771 of 3,21957.19BRated
First-timer525 of 1,52560.38BRated
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-assisted1,147 of 3,69655.31BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
8a5a12b2a8d91f6500b922f5dc69c91602653f16d97c32b60b0e602756ff2e00

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/70.json, under the key mltframework/shotcut.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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