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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 polakowo/vectorbt got a first human reply in a median of 3.1 days (17 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 50% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,800 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,120 of 1,525 (the bottom 27%).

Key facts
Rank1,800 of 3,219
Score48.88
TierC
Median first reply3.1 days (73.3 hours)
14-day no-reply share50%
First-timer rank1,120 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,800 of 3,219
Score
48.88
Tier
C
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 47.9 (coverage 100%), friction 50.4 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness47.4100%
Criticality45.2100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor50.7100%
Accessibility53.585%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.58.3%72.91218 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/polakowo__vectorbt.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.50.0%0.01820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/polakowo__vectorbt.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.70.0%87.510—primaryraw/author_history/polakowo__vectorbt.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.73.3 hours (3.1 days)34.71718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/polakowo__vectorbt.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1029.9 hours (42.9 days)12.71918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/polakowo__vectorbt.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.646.9——primaryraw/dependents/polakowo__vectorbt.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.342,827 downloads a month54.0——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__vectorbt.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.369537.0——primaryraw/github_meta/polakowo__vectorbt.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0167—primaryraw/commits_365d/polakowo__vectorbt.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/polakowo__vectorbt.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/polakowo__vectorbt.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/polakowo__vectorbt.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/polakowo__vectorbt.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.39.1%48.92318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/polakowo__vectorbt.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.019—primaryraw/actions_runs/polakowo__vectorbt.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.50.0%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/polakowo__vectorbt.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/polakowo__vectorbt.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
Balanced1,800 of 3,21948.88CRated
First-timer1,120 of 1,52549.82CRated
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-assisted1,987 of 3,69649.19CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
82b5c6c0721fbb4fa0bb0ad17d8dc9037cf88d52612e0c5835b64b42efda4b24

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/40.json, under the key polakowo/vectorbt.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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