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

For snakers4/silero-vad, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 25% of 12 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 1,207 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 615 of 1,525 (the top 41%).

Key facts
Rank1,207 of 3,219
Score53.59
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share25%
First-timer rank615 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,207 of 3,219
Score
53.59
Tier
C
Coverage
80% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 41.8 (coverage 91%), friction 34.1 (coverage 70%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness74.445%
Criticality36.0100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor40.070%
Accessibility54.485%

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.25.0%50.01220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/snakers4__silero-vad.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.100.0%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/snakers4__silero-vad.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.252.1 hours (10.5 days)59.7818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/snakers4__silero-vad.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.9——primaryraw/dependents/snakers4__silero-vad.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.2.0 million downloads a month67.9——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__silero-vad.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.360336.0——primaryraw/github_meta/snakers4__silero-vad.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.090—primaryraw/commits_365d/snakers4__silero-vad.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/snakers4__silero-vad.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/snakers4__silero-vad.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/snakers4__silero-vad.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.4040.012—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/snakers4__silero-vad.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

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.88.9%100.09—primaryraw/author_history/snakers4__silero-vad.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/snakers4__silero-vad.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/snakers4__silero-vad.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,207 of 3,21953.59CRated
First-timer615 of 1,52558.84B (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-assisted1,811 of 3,69650.39CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
2c1297979b49cb7fb5d4bc42dfb02782d55da2f5979dc6ac224af2c1902df300

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/68.json, under the key snakers4/silero-vad.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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