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 ModelTC/LightLLM, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 51% of 55 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 2,194 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,194 of 3,219
Score45.38
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share51%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,194 of 3,219
Score
45.38
Tier
C
Coverage
64% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 42.6 (coverage 68%), friction 47.2 (coverage 65%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness56.450%
Criticality40.935%
Governance68.0100%
Rigor28.7100%
Accessibility21.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.72.7%90.91120 April to 19 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ModelTC__LightLLM.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.50.9%0.05520 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ModelTC__LightLLM.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
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.291.8 hours (12.2 days)54.93020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ModelTC__LightLLM.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.408740.9——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/ModelTC__LightLLM.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.375.0304—primaryraw/commits_365d/ModelTC__LightLLM.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/ModelTC__LightLLM.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/ModelTC__LightLLM.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/ModelTC__LightLLM.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.41.722541.7209—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/ModelTC__LightLLM.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.03720 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ModelTC__LightLLM.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/ModelTC__LightLLM.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/ModelTC__LightLLM.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,194 of 3,21945.38CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems907 of 1,27646.56CRated
AI-assisted2,921 of 3,69641.80CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
a64fbe1e2329a8838676d9d2a1d89cc36600f561e4b8e95ba37a45cc19e83d18

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/b0.json, under the key ModelTC/LightLLM.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). ModelTC/LightLLM. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/modeltc/lightllm/. CC BY 4.0.

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