p-e-w/heretic

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

Outside pull requests to p-e-w/heretic got a first human reply in a median of 13.1 hours (77 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 14% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,507 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 515 of 1,525 (the top 34%).

Key facts
Rank	1,507 of 3,219
Score	51.36
Tier	C
Median first reply	13.1 hours
14-day no-reply share	14%
First-timer rank	515 of 1,525
Ecosystem	Python
Window	18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank: 1,507 of 3,219
Score: 51.36
Tier: C
Coverage: 100% · Full
Quadrant: Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 33.3 (coverage 100%), friction 31.6 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
Pillar	Score	Coverage
Responsiveness	82.3	100%
Criticality	24.9	100%
Governance	50.5	100%
Rigor	36.0	100%
Accessibility	60.5	100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

Parameter	Value	Score	Count	Window	Source
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.	72.9%	91.1	48	18 April to 17 July 2026	primaryraw/pr_window/p-e-w__heretic.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.	13.8%	72.4	58	20 April to 17 October 2026	primaryraw/pr_window/p-e-w__heretic.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.	50.0%	62.5	38	—	primaryraw/author_history/p-e-w__heretic.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.	13.1 hours (0.5 days)	96.8	77	18 April to 15 October 2026	primaryraw/pr_window/p-e-w__heretic.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.	166.8 hours (7 days)	70.8	41	18 April to 15 October 2026	primaryraw/pr_window/p-e-w__heretic.json

Criticality

Parameter	Value	Score	Count	Window	Source
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.	0	15.9	—	—	primaryraw/dependents/p-e-w__heretic.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.	6,107 downloads a month	25.1	—	—	primaryraw/downloads/pypi__heretic.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.	0.3501	35.0	—	—	primaryraw/github_meta/p-e-w__heretic.json

Governance

Parameter	Value	Score	Count	Window	Source
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.	1	25.0	168	—	primaryraw/commits_365d/p-e-w__heretic.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.	No CLA or sign-off found	85.0	—	—	primaryraw/governance/p-e-w__heretic.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.	No written path to becoming a maintainer	40.0	—	—	primaryraw/governance/p-e-w__heretic.json

Rigor

Parameter	Value	Score	Count	Window	Source
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.	No written AI policy	40.0	—	—	primaryraw/governance/p-e-w__heretic.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.	40.7619	40.8	63	—	proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/p-e-w__heretic.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.	20.5%	25.6	83	18 April to 15 October 2026	primaryraw/pr_window/p-e-w__heretic.json

Accessibility

Parameter	Value	Score	Count	Window	Source
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.	70	70.0	30	—	primaryraw/actions_runs/p-e-w__heretic.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.	55.6%	100.0	18	—	primaryraw/author_history/p-e-w__heretic.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.	0	0.0	—	—	primaryraw/gfi/p-e-w__heretic.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.	60.0%	100.0	10	—	primaryraw/author_history/p-e-w__heretic.json

Persona view

Persona	Rank	Score	Tier	Status
Balanced	1,507 of 3,219	51.36	C	Rated
First-timer	515 of 1,525	60.61	B	Rated
Career capital	This repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems	Fewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted	2,217 of 3,696	47.65	C	Rated

Integrity

Snapshot: 2026-10-17
Raw hash: 9a1412115e927ce61c1c9e76080e2880088e54e8be1514c57db9385f09467562

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/1e.json, under the key p-e-w/heretic.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). p-e-w/heretic. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/p-e-w/heretic/. CC BY 4.0.

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