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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 nlweb-ai/NLWeb got a first human reply in a median of 33.3 days (24 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (2 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,973 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,524 of 1,525 (the bottom 1%).

Key facts
Rank2,973 of 3,219
Score34.59
TierD
Median first reply33.3 days (798.8 hours)
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rank1,524 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,973 of 3,219
Score
34.59
Tier
D
Coverage
66% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 43.3 (coverage 68%), friction 69.7 (coverage 70%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness19.160%
Criticality24.935%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor63.2100%
Accessibility15.050%

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.40.0%50.05—primaryraw/author_history/nlweb-ai__NLWeb.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.798.8 hours (33.3 days)0.02419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/nlweb-ai__NLWeb.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.886.3 hours (36.9 days)14.92019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/nlweb-ai__NLWeb.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.0.24924.9——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/nlweb-ai__NLWeb.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.098—primaryraw/commits_365d/nlweb-ai__NLWeb.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/nlweb-ai__NLWeb.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/nlweb-ai__NLWeb.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/nlweb-ai__NLWeb.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.86.666786.720—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/nlweb-ai__NLWeb.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.02919 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/nlweb-ai__NLWeb.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/nlweb-ai__NLWeb.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/nlweb-ai__NLWeb.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
Balanced2,973 of 3,21934.59DRated
First-timer1,524 of 1,52528.90DRated
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-assisted2,964 of 3,69641.31CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e569794bafdd16050829d37d18424b0923c6b6a4b136ddf01237f45dfd54e6ba

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/04.json, under the key nlweb-ai/NLWeb.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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