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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 Zipstack/unstract got a first human reply in a median of 11 hours (195 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 7% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,141 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,141 of 3,219
Score54.12
TierC
Median first reply11 hours
14-day no-reply share7%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,141 of 3,219
Score
54.12
Tier
C
Coverage
71% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 46.9 (coverage 68%), friction 36.0 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness91.380%
Criticality45.835%
Governance47.0100%
Rigor48.7100%
Accessibility21.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.94.4%100.017819 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Zipstack__unstract.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.7.4%85.132320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Zipstack__unstract.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Collector failure
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.11.0 hours (0.5 days)100.019519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Zipstack__unstract.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.308.6 hours (12.9 days)52.731719 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Zipstack__unstract.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.0.457845.8——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/Zipstack__unstract.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.375.0470—primaryraw/commits_365d/Zipstack__unstract.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/Zipstack__unstract.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/Zipstack__unstract.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/Zipstack__unstract.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.67.823367.8317—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/Zipstack__unstract.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.25.4%31.836219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Zipstack__unstract.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/Zipstack__unstract.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/Zipstack__unstract.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
Balanced1,141 of 3,21954.12CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems725 of 1,27652.25CRated
AI-assisted1,364 of 3,69653.60CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
ba0674c221f0e8c14b6c174a234ddbfb880fcd4c5d0f06df48330c8f3e36afe8

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/6c.json, under the key Zipstack/unstract.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). Zipstack/unstract. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/zipstack/unstract/. CC BY 4.0.

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