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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 potpie-ai/potpie got a first human reply in a median of 5 hours (134 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 23% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,720 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
Rank1,720 of 3,219
Score49.58
TierC
Median first reply5 hours
14-day no-reply share23%
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
1,720 of 3,219
Score
49.58
Tier
C
Coverage
93% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 40.1 (coverage 100%), friction 37.0 (coverage 90%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness74.1100%
Criticality19.8100%
Governance68.0100%
Rigor55.3100%
Accessibility28.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.88.1%100.010919 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/potpie-ai__potpie.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.22.7%54.717220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/potpie-ai__potpie.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.17.1%21.435—primaryraw/author_history/potpie-ai__potpie.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.5.0 hours (0.2 days)100.013419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/potpie-ai__potpie.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.192.7 hours (8 days)66.313219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/potpie-ai__potpie.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.9——primaryraw/dependents/potpie-ai__potpie.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.137 downloads a month4.5——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__potpie.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.351435.1——primaryraw/github_meta/potpie-ai__potpie.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.375.0273—primaryraw/commits_365d/potpie-ai__potpie.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/potpie-ai__potpie.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/potpie-ai__potpie.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/potpie-ai__potpie.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.87.537487.5196—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/potpie-ai__potpie.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.22.2%27.816219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/potpie-ai__potpie.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/potpie-ai__potpie.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/potpie-ai__potpie.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,720 of 3,21949.58CRated
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 systems884 of 1,27647.52CRated
AI-assisted1,707 of 3,69651.15CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e4660c1fbe14d1c7deef3940f5bf6432af2d748eafb9819fcdad350b4d208ac1

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/0d.json, under the key potpie-ai/potpie.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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