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Nixtla/neuralforecast

Python

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

Outside pull requests to Nixtla/neuralforecast got a first human reply in a median of 7.3 hours (92 pull requests, 20 April to 17 October 2026); 6% got none within 14 days. It ranks 954 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 440 of 1,525 (the top 29%).

Key facts
Rank954 of 3,219
Score55.72
TierB
Median first reply7.3 hours
14-day no-reply share6%
First-timer rank440 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
954 of 3,219
Score
55.72
Tier
B
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 43.9 (coverage 100%), friction 34.5 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness93.5100%
Criticality45.5100%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor50.8100%
Accessibility49.7100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.95.2%100.02120 April to 19 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.6.3%87.58020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.70.0%87.510—primaryraw/author_history/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.7.3 hours (0.3 days)100.09220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.118.5 hours (4.9 days)78.39520 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.848.8——primaryraw/dependents/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.124,517 downloads a month46.5——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__neuralforecast.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.410341.0——primaryraw/github_meta/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0135—primaryraw/commits_365d/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.72.572.5——primaryraw/scorecard/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.26.2%32.810320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.57.979258.022—primaryraw/actions_runs/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.62.5%100.08—primaryraw/author_history/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.20.0%40.05—primaryraw/author_history/Nixtla__neuralforecast.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced954 of 3,21955.72BRated
First-timer440 of 1,52561.68BRated
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-assisted1,183 of 3,69654.98CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
7703d017bfdd0602aa2bd3aad081dbabe54fff70b4e6b14e06fd4ae88b57f3f7

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/cb.json, under the key Nixtla/neuralforecast.

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