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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 permitio/opal got a first human reply in a median of 8 hours (22 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 62% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,702 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: this repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.

Key facts
Rank1,702 of 3,219
Score49.69
TierC
Median first reply8 hours
14-day no-reply share62%
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,702 of 3,219
Score
49.69
Tier
C
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 45.2 (coverage 100%), friction 43.9 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness60.8100%
Criticality35.1100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor52.7100%
Accessibility39.785%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.60.0%75.02019 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/permitio__opal.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.61.8%0.03420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/permitio__opal.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.37.5%46.916—primaryraw/author_history/permitio__opal.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.8.0 hours (0.3 days)100.02219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/permitio__opal.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.625.3 hours (26.1 days)26.61319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/permitio__opal.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.545.1——primaryraw/dependents/permitio__opal.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.1,347 downloads a month14.9——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__opal.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.381838.2——primaryraw/github_meta/permitio__opal.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.032—primaryraw/commits_365d/permitio__opal.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/permitio__opal.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/permitio__opal.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/permitio__opal.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.7575.0——primaryraw/scorecard/permitio__opal.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.28.6%35.73519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/permitio__opal.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.027—primaryraw/actions_runs/permitio__opal.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.25.0%50.012—primaryraw/author_history/permitio__opal.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/permitio__opal.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
Balanced1,702 of 3,21949.69CRated
First-timerThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
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-assisted1,797 of 3,69650.49CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
02ba285d71dbd75f33d5afef3331cc05cfd2eb8ba15b6105e69d0ce484add650

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/68.json, under the key permitio/opal.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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