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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 wger-project/wger got a first human reply in a median of 32.8 hours (16 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 57% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,379 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 887 of 1,525 (the bottom 42%).

Key facts
Rank1,379 of 3,219
Score52.23
TierC
Median first reply32.8 hours
14-day no-reply share57%
First-timer rank887 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,379 of 3,219
Score
52.23
Tier
C
Coverage
84% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 46.7 (coverage 68%), friction 42.5 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness63.3100%
Criticality53.135%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor33.5100%
Accessibility53.3100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.77.8%97.22719 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/wger-project__wger.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.56.8%0.04420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/wger-project__wger.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.70.6%88.234—primaryraw/author_history/wger-project__wger.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.32.8 hours (1.4 days)63.71619 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/wger-project__wger.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.707.5 hours (29.5 days)22.48819 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/wger-project__wger.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.0.531253.1——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/wger-project__wger.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0906—primaryraw/commits_365d/wger-project__wger.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/wger-project__wger.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/wger-project__wger.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/wger-project__wger.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5050.0——primaryraw/scorecard/wger-project__wger.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.4.1%5.112219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/wger-project__wger.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/wger-project__wger.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.77.8%100.018—primaryraw/author_history/wger-project__wger.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/wger-project__wger.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.14.3%28.614—primaryraw/author_history/wger-project__wger.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,379 of 3,21952.23CRated
First-timer887 of 1,52554.38CRated
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-assisted2,170 of 3,69647.93CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
3487fc32b15446cdddaae46d409fbf72d5e7cca07bf4f99a88fcaacdb3a6dc0e

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/f7.json, under the key wger-project/wger.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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