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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 OpenDCAI/DataFlow got a first human reply in a median of 5 hours (16 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 7% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,003 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 251 of 1,525 (the top 17%).

Key facts
Rank1,003 of 3,219
Score55.33
TierB
Median first reply5 hours
14-day no-reply share7%
First-timer rank251 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,003 of 3,219
Score
55.33
Tier
B
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 34.6 (coverage 100%), friction 23.1 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness88.775%
Criticality20.7100%
Governance68.0100%
Rigor35.4100%
Accessibility60.5100%

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.7.1%85.71420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.76.9%96.213—primaryraw/author_history/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.5.0 hours (0.2 days)100.01618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.390.2 hours (16.3 days)44.31918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.9——primaryraw/dependents/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.702 downloads a month9.2——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__DataFlow.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.343934.4——primaryraw/github_meta/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.375.0245—primaryraw/commits_365d/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.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/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5555.024—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.3.7%4.62718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.60.0%100.010—primaryraw/author_history/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.50.0%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/OpenDCAI__DataFlow.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,003 of 3,21955.33BRated
First-timer251 of 1,52565.00BRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems880 of 1,27647.65CRated
AI-assisted1,794 of 3,69650.51CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
de680f58208b8711a4ae8ab1bf7ba738d80ded78b60bcdfe6a3dd366a1241182

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/2d.json, under the key OpenDCAI/DataFlow.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). OpenDCAI/DataFlow. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/opendcai/dataflow/. CC BY 4.0.

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