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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 pwr-Solaar/Solaar got a first human reply in a median of 2.7 hours (30 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 39% got none within 14 days. It ranks 928 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 616 of 1,525 (the top 41%).

Key facts
Rank928 of 3,219
Score55.89
TierB
Median first reply2.7 hours
14-day no-reply share39%
First-timer rank616 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
928 of 3,219
Score
55.89
Tier
B
Coverage
84% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 47.6 (coverage 68%), friction 34.9 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness74.3100%
Criticality47.735%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor39.5100%
Accessibility50.7100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.62.5%78.12418 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.38.6%22.74420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.62.5%78.116—primaryraw/author_history/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.2.7 hours (0.1 days)100.03018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.267.2 hours (11.1 days)57.51618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.477247.7——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0185—primaryraw/commits_365d/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.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/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6565.0——primaryraw/scorecard/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.4.0%5.02518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.023—primaryraw/actions_runs/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.68.8%100.016—primaryraw/author_history/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.27.3%54.511—primaryraw/author_history/pwr-Solaar__Solaar.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced928 of 3,21955.89BRated
First-timer616 of 1,52558.82BRated
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-assisted1,572 of 3,69652.19CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
6e926387edbf592deb98347d0c71fd7b03de67fab35b290150dde3dc0be2c15d

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/29.json, under the key pwr-Solaar/Solaar.

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