Netflix/metaflow
Build, Manage and Deploy AI/ML Systems
In plain words
Outside PRs: 8 in 10 merged. First reply usually within 12 days. Replies slowed down this month.
Outside PRs merged
79%
11 merged, 3 closed, 25 still open
Higher than 38% of 565 other measured repositories
First human reply
12 days
median of 39 outside PRs, 10 unanswered
Time to merge
Not enough data
11 of 39 outside PRs merged
Outside PRs opened 30 to 120 days ago, so each has had time to be answered. A figure needs at least 5 pull requests, otherwise it reads "Not enough data". How this is calculated · A number looks wrong?
Your first steps here
If you have never contributed to this project, do these in order.
- 1
Read the contributing guide
It says how to set the project up and what the maintainers expect in a pull request.
Open the guide - 2
Find something small
No first issue is free right now. Look for a typo, a missing test or an unclear error message, or ask where help is wanted.
Browse open issues - 3
Know where to ask
No chat was found. Ask on the issue you are working on; that is where maintainers look.
- 4
Open a small pull request
Link the issue in it. A first reply here usually takes 12 days; until then, silence is normal.
What happens to an outside pull request
Every pull request opened by someone outside the core team, 30 to 120 days ago.
- Opened by outsiders39100%
- Got a human reply2974%
- Merged1128%
Time to first reply
After 2 days, 36% of outside PRs had a reply from a person. After a week, 44%. Bots do not count.
The last 52 weeks
Slowed down. Median first reply was Not enough data over the last four weeks (12 PRs) and 3.8 days over the four before (19 PRs).
Starter issues
Issues labelled for beginners, with their real state. Available means open, unassigned, no linked pull request, nobody has claimed it in the last 14 days, and it was updated in the last 60 days.
No open issue carries a beginner label.
Issue replies: first human reply in 7.2 days (median of 24 issues).
How to start
- Contributing guidefound
- Code of conductnot found
- Issue templatesnot found
- Dev container for one-step setupnot found
- No CLA or sign-off requirement was found.
Where the project talks
No chat or mailing list link was found in the README or contributing guide.
Activity
- Commits, 90 days
- 29
- Releases, 12 months
- 30
- Active maintainers
- 4
- Last push
- 9 Oct 2026
Stack
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