PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-10-17

C and C++ projects that answer outside pull requests

Porchlamp ranks 488 C and C++ projects by what happens to a stranger's pull request. Among the 391 judged C and C++ projects, 18.7% left most outside pull requests unanswered for 14 days, against 23.2% across all six ecosystems.

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More than 1 in 5 active projects leave most strangers' pull requests unanswered for 14 days. Read the findings

Rated321929.3%Gated529948.2%Unrated248222.6%
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RankRepositoryScoreCoverageTierFirst reply (median)No reply in 14 daysQuadrantFlagsAudited stars
15ros-navigation/navigation2C and C++72.2388% · Ceiling AA (capped)6.1 hours1%Sweet Spot—
27google/benchmarkC and C++70.45100% · FullA7.7 hours1%Sweet Spot—
36OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2C and C++69.2588% · Ceiling AB9.3 hours16%Sweet Spot—
51f3d-app/f3dC and C++68.7688% · Ceiling AB2.9 hours1%Sweet Spot—
68cvxpy/cvxpyC and C++68.02100% · FullB9.7 hours4%Sweet Spot—
72capstone-engine/capstoneC and C++67.80100% · FullB18.8 hours0%Sweet Spot—
84bpftrace/bpftraceC and C++67.3093% · Ceiling AB9.4 hours3%Sweet Spot—
100Redot-Engine/redot-engineC and C++66.78100% · FullB22.8 hours20%Sweet Spot—
106raspberrypi/linuxC and C++66.64100% · FullB4.5 hours6%Sweet Spot—
119seL4/seL4C and C++66.24100% · FullB2.1 hours0%Sweet Spot—
124mumble-voip/mumbleC and C++66.09100% · FullB9.5 hours7%Sweet Spot—
129supercollider/supercolliderC and C++65.89100% · FullB4.9 hours7%Sweet Spot—
130=apache/brpcC and C++65.89100% · FullB40.4 hours8%Sweet Spot—
131=qmk/qmk_firmwareC and C++65.8993% · Ceiling AB7.6 hours44%Sweet Spot⚠—
132apache/kvrocksC and C++65.87100% · FullB8.5 hours4%Sweet Spot—
135portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmwareC and C++65.82100% · FullB7.7 hours4%Sweet Spot—
141diasurgical/DevilutionXC and C++65.67100% · FullB1.2 hours21%Sweet Spot—
161zeek/zeekC and C++65.1388% · Ceiling AB15.2 hours2%Sweet Spot—
179falcosecurity/falcoC and C++64.60100% · FullB0.1 hours3%Sweet Spot⚠—
188htop-dev/htopC and C++64.42100% · FullB7.7 hours13%Sweet Spot—
192doxygen/doxygenC and C++64.36100% · FullB1.6 hours4%Sweet Spot—
194swiftlang/swift-corelibs-foundationC and C++64.3198% · FullB11.9 hours9%Sweet Spot—
198microsoft/terminalC and C++64.2193% · Ceiling AB14.9 hours28%Sweet Spot—
201aws/s2n-tlsC and C++64.1793% · Ceiling AB18.9 hours10%Sweet Spot—
202lballabio/QuantLibC and C++64.15100% · FullB45.7 hours10%Sweet Spot—
207hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrixC and C++64.0781% · Ceiling AB—0%Sweet Spot—
214hluk/CopyQC and C++63.9383% · Ceiling AB——Sweet Spot—
221keepassxreboot/keepassxcC and C++63.74100% · FullB6.3 hours22%Sweet Spot—
228osquery/osqueryC and C++63.67100% · FullB39.7 hours13%Sweet Spot—
239FEX-Emu/FEXC and C++63.4588% · Ceiling AB1 hour1%Sweet Spot—
242uxlfoundation/oneTBBC and C++63.40100% · FullB19.7 hours9%Sweet Spot—
243=libuv/libuvC and C++63.40100% · FullB6.6 hours16%Sweet Spot—
246networkupstools/nutC and C++63.38100% · FullB11.3 hours6%Sweet Spot—
262raspberrypi/pico-sdkC and C++63.09100% · FullB18.9 hours6%Sweet Spot—
265merbanan/rtl_433C and C++63.04100% · FullB4.6 hours12%Sweet Spot—
273Stellarium/stellariumC and C++62.95100% · FullB0.9 hours0%Sweet Spot—
274=PrismLauncher/PrismLauncherC and C++62.9588% · Ceiling AB4.9 hours12%Sweet Spot—
282MrGlockenspiel/activate-linuxC and C++62.8765% · Ceiling BB (capped)——Sweet Spot—
291pbek/QOwnNotesC and C++62.7580% · Ceiling AB——Sweet Spot—
292orioledb/orioledbC and C++62.7295% · FullB5.4 hours7%Sweet Spot—
297flipperdevices/flipperzero-firmwareC and C++62.66100% · FullB5.9 hours29%Sweet Spot—
304fontforge/fontforgeC and C++62.51100% · FullB12.2 hours6%Nursery—
312drogonframework/drogonC and C++62.37100% · FullB31.1 hours12%Nursery—
317rakshasa/rtorrentC and C++62.30100% · FullB8.6 hours2%Sweet Spot—
321floooh/sokolC and C++62.2594% · Ceiling AB5.6 hours0%Sweet Spot—
327MaaXYZ/MaaFrameworkC and C++62.17100% · FullB26.2 hours7%Sweet Spot—
330ggml-org/whisper.cppC and C++62.14100% · FullB3.4 days41%Sweet Spot—
333ImageMagick/ImageMagickC and C++62.08100% · FullB11.9 hours11%Sweet Spot—
344janet-lang/janetC and C++61.89100% · FullB7.8 hours3%Nursery—
350nanopb/nanopbC and C++61.8192% · Ceiling AB4.8 hours0%Nursery⚠—
#1588% · Ceiling A
Score 72.23 · A (capped)
First reply (median) 6.1 hours · No reply in 14 days 1%
Sweet Spot
#27100% · Full
Score 70.45 · A
First reply (median) 7.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 1%
Sweet Spot
#3688% · Ceiling A
Score 69.25 · B
First reply (median) 9.3 hours · No reply in 14 days 16%
Sweet Spot
#5188% · Ceiling A
f3d-app/f3dC and C++
Score 68.76 · B
First reply (median) 2.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 1%
Sweet Spot
#68100% · Full
cvxpy/cvxpyC and C++
Score 68.02 · B
First reply (median) 9.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 4%
Sweet Spot
#72100% · Full
Score 67.80 · B
First reply (median) 18.8 hours · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot
#8493% · Ceiling A
Score 67.30 · B
First reply (median) 9.4 hours · No reply in 14 days 3%
Sweet Spot
#100100% · Full
Score 66.78 · B
First reply (median) 22.8 hours · No reply in 14 days 20%
Sweet Spot
#106100% · Full
Score 66.64 · B
First reply (median) 4.5 hours · No reply in 14 days 6%
Sweet Spot
#119100% · Full
seL4/seL4C and C++
Score 66.24 · B
First reply (median) 2.1 hours · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot
#124100% · Full
Score 66.09 · B
First reply (median) 9.5 hours · No reply in 14 days 7%
Sweet Spot
#129100% · Full
Score 65.89 · B
First reply (median) 4.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 7%
Sweet Spot
#130=100% · Full
apache/brpcC and C++
Score 65.89 · B
First reply (median) 40.4 hours · No reply in 14 days 8%
Sweet Spot
#131=93% · Ceiling A
Score 65.89 · B
First reply (median) 7.6 hours · No reply in 14 days 44%
Sweet Spot
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#132100% · Full
Score 65.87 · B
First reply (median) 8.5 hours · No reply in 14 days 4%
Sweet Spot
#135100% · Full
Score 65.82 · B
First reply (median) 7.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 4%
Sweet Spot
#141100% · Full
Score 65.67 · B
First reply (median) 1.2 hours · No reply in 14 days 21%
Sweet Spot
#16188% · Ceiling A
zeek/zeekC and C++
Score 65.13 · B
First reply (median) 15.2 hours · No reply in 14 days 2%
Sweet Spot
#179100% · Full
Score 64.60 · B
First reply (median) 0.1 hours · No reply in 14 days 3%
Sweet Spot
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#188100% · Full
htop-dev/htopC and C++
Score 64.42 · B
First reply (median) 7.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 13%
Sweet Spot
#192100% · Full
Score 64.36 · B
First reply (median) 1.6 hours · No reply in 14 days 4%
Sweet Spot
#19498% · Full
Score 64.31 · B
First reply (median) 11.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 9%
Sweet Spot
#19893% · Ceiling A
Score 64.21 · B
First reply (median) 14.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 28%
Sweet Spot
#20193% · Ceiling A
aws/s2n-tlsC and C++
Score 64.17 · B
First reply (median) 18.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 10%
Sweet Spot
#202100% · Full
Score 64.15 · B
First reply (median) 45.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 10%
Sweet Spot
#20781% · Ceiling A
Score 64.07 · B
First reply (median) — · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot
#21483% · Ceiling A
hluk/CopyQC and C++
Score 63.93 · B
First reply (median) — · No reply in 14 days —
Sweet Spot
#221100% · Full
Score 63.74 · B
First reply (median) 6.3 hours · No reply in 14 days 22%
Sweet Spot
#228100% · Full
Score 63.67 · B
First reply (median) 39.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 13%
Sweet Spot
#23988% · Ceiling A
FEX-Emu/FEXC and C++
Score 63.45 · B
First reply (median) 1 hour · No reply in 14 days 1%
Sweet Spot
#242100% · Full
Score 63.40 · B
First reply (median) 19.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 9%
Sweet Spot
#243=100% · Full
libuv/libuvC and C++
Score 63.40 · B
First reply (median) 6.6 hours · No reply in 14 days 16%
Sweet Spot
#246100% · Full
Score 63.38 · B
First reply (median) 11.3 hours · No reply in 14 days 6%
Sweet Spot
#262100% · Full
Score 63.09 · B
First reply (median) 18.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 6%
Sweet Spot
#265100% · Full
Score 63.04 · B
First reply (median) 4.6 hours · No reply in 14 days 12%
Sweet Spot
#273100% · Full
Score 62.95 · B
First reply (median) 0.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot
#274=88% · Ceiling A
Score 62.95 · B
First reply (median) 4.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 12%
Sweet Spot
#28265% · Ceiling B
Score 62.87 · B (capped)
First reply (median) — · No reply in 14 days —
Sweet Spot
#29180% · Ceiling A
Score 62.75 · B
First reply (median) — · No reply in 14 days —
Sweet Spot
#29295% · Full
Score 62.72 · B
First reply (median) 5.4 hours · No reply in 14 days 7%
Sweet Spot
#297100% · Full
Score 62.66 · B
First reply (median) 5.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 29%
Sweet Spot
#304100% · Full
Score 62.51 · B
First reply (median) 12.2 hours · No reply in 14 days 6%
Nursery
#312100% · Full
Score 62.37 · B
First reply (median) 31.1 hours · No reply in 14 days 12%
Nursery
#317100% · Full
Score 62.30 · B
First reply (median) 8.6 hours · No reply in 14 days 2%
Sweet Spot
#32194% · Ceiling A
floooh/sokolC and C++
Score 62.25 · B
First reply (median) 5.6 hours · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot
#327100% · Full
Score 62.17 · B
First reply (median) 26.2 hours · No reply in 14 days 7%
Sweet Spot
#330100% · Full
Score 62.14 · B
First reply (median) 3.4 days · No reply in 14 days 41%
Sweet Spot
#333100% · Full
Score 62.08 · B
First reply (median) 11.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 11%
Sweet Spot
#344100% · Full
Score 61.89 · B
First reply (median) 7.8 hours · No reply in 14 days 3%
Nursery
#35092% · Ceiling A
nanopb/nanopbC and C++
Score 61.81 · B
First reply (median) 4.8 hours · No reply in 14 days 0%
Nursery
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