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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 pymc-devs/pymc got a first human reply in a median of 19.6 hours (73 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 48% got none within 14 days. It ranks 704 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 770 of 1,525 (the bottom 50%).

Key facts
Rank704 of 3,219
Score57.90
TierB
Median first reply19.6 hours
14-day no-reply share48%
First-timer rank770 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
704 of 3,219
Score
57.90
Tier
B
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 59.7 (coverage 100%), friction 43.2 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness55.4100%
Criticality62.8100%
Governance61.0100%
Rigor53.6100%
Accessibility54.085%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.63.9%79.93618 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pymc-devs__pymc.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.47.6%4.88420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pymc-devs__pymc.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.29.0%36.238—primaryraw/author_history/pymc-devs__pymc.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.19.6 hours (0.8 days)82.47318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pymc-devs__pymc.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.605.0 hours (25.2 days)28.13618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pymc-devs__pymc.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.9274.2——primaryraw/dependents/pymc-devs__pymc.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.1.3 million downloads a month64.1——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__pymc.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.488948.9——primaryraw/github_meta/pymc-devs__pymc.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0266—primaryraw/commits_365d/pymc-devs__pymc.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/pymc-devs__pymc.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.A written path to becoming a maintainer75.0——primaryraw/governance/pymc-devs__pymc.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/pymc-devs__pymc.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.7070.0——primaryraw/scorecard/pymc-devs__pymc.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.36.4%45.46618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pymc-devs__pymc.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.016—primaryraw/actions_runs/pymc-devs__pymc.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.10.5%21.119—primaryraw/author_history/pymc-devs__pymc.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.880.0——primaryraw/gfi/pymc-devs__pymc.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
Balanced704 of 3,21957.90BRated
First-timer770 of 1,52556.39BRated
Career capital401 of 79858.38BRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted927 of 3,69656.97BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
9b5fd1ec4618250d37f0c8fb3da6029478327b6ad88a226658a93462c5acc27d

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/1d.json, under the key pymc-devs/pymc.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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