PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-11-05

What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 5 November 2026.

For vitalik/django-ninja, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 73% of 40 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (27 April to 24 October 2026). It ranks 3,426 of 4,044 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,841 of 1,904 (the bottom 4%).

Key facts
Rank3,426 of 4,044
Score43.75
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share73%
First-timer rank1,841 of 1,904
EcosystemPython
Window27 April to 24 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,426 of 4,044
Score
43.75
Tier
C
Coverage
90% · Full
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 50.9 (coverage 100%), friction 61.7 (coverage 82%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness33.270%
Criticality56.3100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor42.3100%
Accessibility32.985%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.35.7%44.61426 April to 25 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/vitalik__django-ninja.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.72.5%0.04027 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/vitalik__django-ninja.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.45.5%56.811—primaryraw/author_history/vitalik__django-ninja.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.1480.3 hours (61.7 days)7.01526 April to 23 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/vitalik__django-ninja.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.2359.4——primaryraw/dependents/vitalik__django-ninja.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.3.7 million downloads a month70.2——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__django-ninja.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.427442.7——primaryraw/github_meta/vitalik__django-ninja.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0129—primaryraw/commits_365d/vitalik__django-ninja.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/vitalik__django-ninja.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/vitalik__django-ninja.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/vitalik__django-ninja.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/vitalik__django-ninja.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.16.7%20.81826 April to 23 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/vitalik__django-ninja.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/vitalik__django-ninja.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.25.0%50.012—primaryraw/author_history/vitalik__django-ninja.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/vitalik__django-ninja.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
Balanced3,426 of 4,04443.75CRated
First-timer1,841 of 1,90438.92DRated
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-assisted3,509 of 4,00243.55CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
5f7e7225949bd4bb2fe8212dc79c782e4ae34c06cde28b198416b6cd35c48e2f

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/ed.json, under the key vitalik/django-ninja.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). vitalik/django-ninja. Snapshot 2026-11-05. https://porchlamp.org/projects/vitalik/django-ninja/. CC BY 4.0.

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