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 mosaicml/composer, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 7 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,741 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: this repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.

Key facts
Rank2,741 of 3,219
Score39.18
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemPython
Window—

Composite

Rank
2,741 of 3,219
Score
39.18
Tier
D
Coverage
66% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 45.7 (coverage 84%), friction 64.0 (coverage 47%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness20.820%
Criticality30.5100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor58.670%
Accessibility31.585%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.16.7%20.86—primaryraw/author_history/mosaicml__composer.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.443.3——primaryraw/dependents/mosaicml__composer.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.8,586 downloads a month27.3——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__composer.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.181518.1——primaryraw/github_meta/mosaicml__composer.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/mosaicml__composer.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/mosaicml__composer.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/mosaicml__composer.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.72.572.5——primaryraw/scorecard/mosaicml__composer.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.8585.06—primaryraw/actions_runs/mosaicml__composer.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.20.0%40.05—primaryraw/author_history/mosaicml__composer.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/mosaicml__composer.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
Balanced2,741 of 3,21939.18DRated
First-timerThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems1,000 of 1,27643.14CRated
AI-assisted2,724 of 3,69643.55CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
1bab9a097bcd21706c91cb42a909dadc350e9202eedb0eba7f17135d70db2080

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/86.json, under the key mosaicml/composer.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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