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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 stamparm/maltrail got a first human reply in a median of 2 hours (11 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (9 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,571 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,042 of 1,525 (the bottom 32%).

Key facts
Rank1,571 of 3,219
Score50.71
TierC
Median first reply2 hours
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rank1,042 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,571 of 3,219
Score
50.71
Tier
C
Coverage
66% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 42.4 (coverage 68%), friction 38.0 (coverage 70%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness85.360%
Criticality45.435%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor32.0100%
Accessibility21.050%

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.50.0%62.56—primaryraw/author_history/stamparm__maltrail.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.2.0 hours (0.1 days)100.01118 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/stamparm__maltrail.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.58.0 hours (2.4 days)86.62218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/stamparm__maltrail.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.0.453745.4——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/stamparm__maltrail.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0580—primaryraw/commits_365d/stamparm__maltrail.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/stamparm__maltrail.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/stamparm__maltrail.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/stamparm__maltrail.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5050.0——primaryraw/scorecard/stamparm__maltrail.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.03418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/stamparm__maltrail.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.027—primaryraw/actions_runs/stamparm__maltrail.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/stamparm__maltrail.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
Balanced1,571 of 3,21950.71CRated
First-timer1,042 of 1,52551.45CRated
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-assisted2,307 of 3,69647.00CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
78b5653dd8a5e04daf4ac0164a785ea8cbc9d8a7e212c49481f3340e91f2a393

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/07.json, under the key stamparm/maltrail.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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