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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 spesmilo/electrum got a first human reply in a median of 9.9 hours (50 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 23% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,404 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: this repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.

Key facts
Rank1,404 of 3,219
Score52.06
TierC
Median first reply9.9 hours
14-day no-reply share23%
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,404 of 3,219
Score
52.06
Tier
C
Coverage
76% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 51.3 (coverage 68%), friction 43.3 (coverage 90%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness69.4100%
Criticality52.235%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor44.5100%
Accessibility21.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.76.5%95.61718 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spesmilo__electrum.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.23.1%53.85220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spesmilo__electrum.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.20.8%26.024—primaryraw/author_history/spesmilo__electrum.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.9.9 hours (0.4 days)100.05018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spesmilo__electrum.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.727.8 hours (30.3 days)21.82918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spesmilo__electrum.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.0.521752.2——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/spesmilo__electrum.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0994—primaryraw/commits_365d/spesmilo__electrum.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/spesmilo__electrum.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/spesmilo__electrum.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/spesmilo__electrum.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5555.0——primaryraw/scorecard/spesmilo__electrum.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.28.0%35.05018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spesmilo__electrum.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/spesmilo__electrum.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/spesmilo__electrum.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,404 of 3,21952.06CRated
First-timerThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
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-assisted1,747 of 3,69650.87CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e29726703b6a54dbed987b293ebedf504d99e21d5e6cc63e525c3bb465658bd3

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/53.json, under the key spesmilo/electrum.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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