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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 recommenders-team/recommenders got a first human reply in a median of 2.4 days (26 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 4% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,402 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 624 of 1,525 (the top 41%).

Key facts
Rank1,402 of 3,219
Score52.09
TierC
Median first reply2.4 days (57.4 hours)
14-day no-reply share4%
First-timer rank624 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,402 of 3,219
Score
52.09
Tier
C
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 39.5 (coverage 100%), friction 35.4 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness73.2100%
Criticality25.0100%
Governance55.8100%
Rigor53.0100%
Accessibility56.285%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.92.9%100.01410 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/recommenders-team__recommenders.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.4.3%91.32320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/recommenders-team__recommenders.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.70.6%88.217—primaryraw/author_history/recommenders-team__recommenders.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.57.4 hours (2.4 days)43.62610 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/recommenders-team__recommenders.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.453.4 hours (18.9 days)38.32010 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/recommenders-team__recommenders.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.9——primaryraw/dependents/recommenders-team__recommenders.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.7,685 downloads a month26.4——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__recommenders.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.344234.4——primaryraw/github_meta/recommenders-team__recommenders.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0497—primaryraw/commits_365d/recommenders-team__recommenders.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Sign-off on commits (DCO)100.0——primaryraw/governance/recommenders-team__recommenders.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/recommenders-team__recommenders.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/recommenders-team__recommenders.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.55.586255.658—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/recommenders-team__recommenders.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.50.0%62.52410 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/recommenders-team__recommenders.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/recommenders-team__recommenders.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.60.0%100.05—primaryraw/author_history/recommenders-team__recommenders.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/recommenders-team__recommenders.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
Balanced1,402 of 3,21952.09CRated
First-timer624 of 1,52558.65BRated
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-assisted1,573 of 3,69652.18CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
5e46414cc013cd43aa88f0e4c446591d06651e17b03d28efe1c5e6d3715e07d0

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/b2.json, under the key recommenders-team/recommenders.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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