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 praw-dev/praw, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 2 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 753 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank753 of 3,219
Score57.35
TierB (capped)
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window—

Composite

Rank
753 of 3,219
Score
57.35
Tier
B (capped)
Coverage
70% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 50.7 (coverage 100%), friction 32.4 (coverage 45%)

Capped: this tier can go no higher until more of the project's inputs are measured. It reflects how much data there is, not how good the score is.

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness98.810%
Criticality59.8100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor35.7100%
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.6.3 hours (0.3 days)98.87220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/praw-dev__praw.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.9974.9——primaryraw/dependents/praw-dev__praw.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.1.2 million downloads a month63.0——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__praw.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.401340.1——primaryraw/github_meta/praw-dev__praw.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0183—primaryraw/commits_365d/praw-dev__praw.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/praw-dev__praw.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/praw-dev__praw.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/praw-dev__praw.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5858.0——primaryraw/scorecard/praw-dev__praw.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.1.3%1.68020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/praw-dev__praw.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/praw-dev__praw.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/praw-dev__praw.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
Balanced753 of 3,21957.35B (capped)Rated
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-assisted1,403 of 3,69653.28CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
1f8daf1fae6a9c4a79f4d1c71f25bd96e1225c751a776bb8a8819feb640684c3

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/88.json, under the key praw-dev/praw.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). praw-dev/praw. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/praw-dev/praw/. CC BY 4.0.

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