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 RapidAI/RapidOCR, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 0% of 10 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 916 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 529 of 1,525 (the top 35%).

Key facts
Rank916 of 3,219
Score56.01
TierB
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share0%
First-timer rank529 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
916 of 3,219
Score
56.01
Tier
B
Coverage
82% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 43.9 (coverage 100%), friction 31.8 (coverage 67%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness86.045%
Criticality54.2100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor22.3100%
Accessibility50.070%

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.0.0%100.01020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/RapidAI__RapidOCR.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.66.7%83.36—primaryraw/author_history/RapidAI__RapidOCR.json
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.168.9 hours (7 days)70.51018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/RapidAI__RapidOCR.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1956.7——primaryraw/dependents/RapidAI__RapidOCR.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.2.5 million downloads a month69.0——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__RapidOCR.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.408540.8——primaryraw/github_meta/RapidAI__RapidOCR.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0125—primaryraw/commits_365d/RapidAI__RapidOCR.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/RapidAI__RapidOCR.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/RapidAI__RapidOCR.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/RapidAI__RapidOCR.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.1818.0——primaryraw/scorecard/RapidAI__RapidOCR.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.8.3%10.41218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/RapidAI__RapidOCR.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.60.0%100.05—primaryraw/author_history/RapidAI__RapidOCR.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/RapidAI__RapidOCR.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
Balanced916 of 3,21956.01BRated
First-timer529 of 1,52560.34B (capped)Rated
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-assisted2,090 of 3,69648.44CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
a826aa78a9a77d5f7c8e4fea9d354db01e5bf100bbf85d43915380b0f7417fe2

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/c1.json, under the key RapidAI/RapidOCR.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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