PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-10-17

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

For Picovoice/porcupine, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 6 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,533 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,533 of 3,219
Score51.11
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window—

Composite

Rank
1,533 of 3,219
Score
51.11
Tier
C
Coverage
70% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 45.1 (coverage 100%), friction 39.3 (coverage 45%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness85.110%
Criticality45.9100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor40.0100%
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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.66.1 hours (2.8 days)85.17319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Picovoice__porcupine.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1453.2——primaryraw/dependents/Picovoice__porcupine.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.547,635 downloads a month55.7——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__porcupine.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.306130.6——primaryraw/github_meta/Picovoice__porcupine.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.090—primaryraw/commits_365d/Picovoice__porcupine.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/Picovoice__porcupine.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/Picovoice__porcupine.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/Picovoice__porcupine.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.67.567.5——primaryraw/scorecard/Picovoice__porcupine.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.2.7%3.47319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Picovoice__porcupine.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.016—primaryraw/actions_runs/Picovoice__porcupine.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/Picovoice__porcupine.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
Balanced1,533 of 3,21951.11CRated
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-assisted1,973 of 3,69649.29CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
f4e566aed1357df8bed3ecc8ca9fad28605e9cb10d1737e74f6928c850d1e9d2

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/05.json, under the key Picovoice/porcupine.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). Picovoice/porcupine. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/picovoice/porcupine/. CC BY 4.0.

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