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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

For sloria/TextBlob, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 5 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,444 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,444 of 3,219
Score51.76
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window—

Composite

Rank
1,444 of 3,219
Score
51.76
Tier
C
Coverage
63% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 52.3 (coverage 93%), friction 43.9 (coverage 35%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness67.710%
Criticality57.3100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor36.0100%
Accessibility15.050%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
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.185.3 hours (7.7 days)67.72918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sloria__TextBlob.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.9374.4——primaryraw/dependents/sloria__TextBlob.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.2.8 million downloads a month70.1——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__TextBlob.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.286428.6——primaryraw/github_meta/sloria__TextBlob.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/sloria__TextBlob.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/sloria__TextBlob.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/sloria__TextBlob.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/sloria__TextBlob.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.03518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sloria__TextBlob.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/sloria__TextBlob.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/sloria__TextBlob.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
Balanced1,444 of 3,21951.76CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems636 of 1,27654.22CRated
AI-assisted2,052 of 3,69648.74CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
dd94a451092c1990d1a4aa88ced88aa472f6e0696781954fa4d04a86c7c3d5d4

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/32.json, under the key sloria/TextBlob.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). sloria/TextBlob. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/sloria/textblob/. CC BY 4.0.

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