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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 pytorch/tutorials got a first human reply in a median of 17.5 hours (47 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 41% got none within 14 days. It ranks 843 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 557 of 1,525 (the top 37%).

Key facts
Rank843 of 3,219
Score56.62
TierB
Median first reply17.5 hours
14-day no-reply share41%
First-timer rank557 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
843 of 3,219
Score
56.62
Tier
B
Coverage
84% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 50.6 (coverage 68%), friction 37.5 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness68.7100%
Criticality43.235%
Governance55.8100%
Rigor59.7100%
Accessibility56.9100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.68.9%86.16118 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pytorch__tutorials.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.41.0%17.97820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pytorch__tutorials.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.53.9%67.326—primaryraw/author_history/pytorch__tutorials.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.17.5 hours (0.7 days)86.44718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pytorch__tutorials.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.315.2 hours (13.1 days)51.54618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pytorch__tutorials.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.0.431843.2——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/pytorch__tutorials.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.5100.0121—primaryraw/commits_365d/pytorch__tutorials.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/pytorch__tutorials.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/pytorch__tutorials.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/pytorch__tutorials.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6565.0——primaryraw/scorecard/pytorch__tutorials.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.13.8%17.25818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pytorch__tutorials.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.015—primaryraw/actions_runs/pytorch__tutorials.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.47.1%94.117—primaryraw/author_history/pytorch__tutorials.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/pytorch__tutorials.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.37.5%75.08—primaryraw/author_history/pytorch__tutorials.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced843 of 3,21956.62BRated
First-timer557 of 1,52559.78BRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems644 of 1,27654.14CRated
AI-assisted885 of 3,69657.32BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
0b32f0abdbe5a11c407bfad93603b3f2f4562f9054d339c0181c4bc2e75b9bea

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/f9.json, under the key pytorch/tutorials.

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

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