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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 ntop/nDPI got a first human reply in a median of 10.7 hours (42 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 0% got none within 14 days. It ranks 624 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank624 of 3,219
Score58.53
TierB
Median first reply10.7 hours
14-day no-reply share0%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemC and C++
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
624 of 3,219
Score
58.53
Tier
B
Coverage
81% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 50.4 (coverage 100%), friction 30.0 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness94.255%
Criticality47.5100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor49.5100%
Accessibility25.550%

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.0.0%100.03620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ntop__nDPI.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.10.7 hours (0.4 days)100.04219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ntop__nDPI.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.192.6 hours (8 days)68.33519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ntop__nDPI.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.0.475147.5——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/ntop__nDPI.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0421—primaryraw/commits_365d/ntop__nDPI.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/ntop__nDPI.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/ntop__nDPI.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/ntop__nDPI.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.52.552.5——primaryraw/scorecard/ntop__nDPI.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.43.9%54.94119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ntop__nDPI.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.010—primaryraw/actions_runs/ntop__nDPI.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/ntop__nDPI.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
Balanced624 of 3,21958.53BRated
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 systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted908 of 3,69657.10BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
a7c556c06a639d138ee7a2a2c552da6f54cc349f8524baf277359d61ab6f19c4

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/b5.json, under the key ntop/nDPI.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). ntop/nDPI. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/ntop/ndpi/. CC BY 4.0.

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