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

Fastest first reply to pull requests: Go projects

50 Go projects, ordered by the median time to a first human reply to outside pull requests, fastest first. A median is listed only when it comes from 10 or more pull requests; the sample is shown.

This is one measure, not the Porchlamp score, which weighs 18 parameters across five pillars.

Evidence-based open-source repository ranking across 5 pillars: Responsiveness, Criticality, Governance, Rigor, and Accessibility. How scores & gates work →

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%
RankRepositoryScoreCoverageTierFirst reply (median)No reply in 14 daysQuadrantFlagsAudited stars
422kubernetes/kube-state-metricsGo60.94100% · FullBunder 0.1 hours61 pull requests50%Sweet Spot—
1009kubernetes-sigs/aws-load-balancer-controllerGo55.26100% · FullBunder 0.1 hours74 pull requests28%Nursery—
1553kubernetes-sigs/metrics-serverGo50.8898% · FullCunder 0.1 hours43 pull requests64%Nursery—
1001kubernetes-sigs/deschedulerGo55.36100% · FullBunder 0.1 hours27 pull requests43%Nursery—
659jenkins-x/jxGo58.2488% · Ceiling ABunder 0.1 hours19 pull requests5%Nursery—
158go-acme/legoGo65.17100% · FullB0.1 hours16 pull requests0%Sweet Spot—
653ariga/atlasGo58.3092% · Ceiling AB0.2 hours24 pull requests0%Sweet Spot—
1017codenotary/immudbGo55.2081% · Ceiling AB0.2 hours57 pull requests9%Sweet Spot—
204gofiber/fiberGo64.1188% · Ceiling AB0.2 hours244 pull requests2%Sweet Spot—
1022livekit/livekitGo55.1774% · Ceiling BB (capped)0.2 hours339 pull requests14%Sweet Spot—
1389openziti/zrokGo52.1792% · Ceiling AC0.3 hours13 pull requests8%Nursery—
728elastic/go-elasticsearchGo57.7193% · Ceiling AB0.3 hours40 pull requests18%Sweet Spot—
641kubernetes-sigs/kindGo58.3898% · FullB0.5 hours75 pull requests18%Sweet Spot—
86hajimehoshi/ebitenGo67.2498% · FullB0.5 hours282 pull requests0%Sweet Spot—
1812deepflowio/deepflowGo48.7688% · Ceiling AC0.7 hours183 pull requests9%Nursery—
118pion/webrtcGo66.25100% · FullB0.7 hours48 pull requests42%Sweet Spot—
743golangci/golangci-lintGo57.53100% · FullB0.7 hours170 pull requests19%Sweet Spot—
1257mayswind/ezbookkeepingGo53.2298% · FullC0.9 hours23 pull requests0%Nursery—
1298taubyte/tauGo52.9688% · Ceiling AC1 hour55 pull requests1%Nursery—
372google/osv-scannerGo61.5688% · Ceiling AB1 hour113 pull requests11%Sweet Spot—
1026encoredev/encoreGo55.1198% · FullB1 hour65 pull requests20%Nursery—
2180DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxyGo45.4589% · Ceiling AC1 hour15 pull requests6%Nursery—
1956CrunchyData/postgres-operatorGo47.4981% · Ceiling AC1.1 hours41 pull requests11%Nursery—
1325Wox-launcher/WoxGo52.7286% · Ceiling AC1.1 hours18 pull requests0%Nursery—
660getlago/lagoGo58.2298% · FullB1.2 hours73 pull requests6%Nursery—
1144treeverse/lakeFSGo54.0793% · Ceiling AC1.3 hours54 pull requests19%Nursery—
397tsuru/tsuruGo61.2889% · Ceiling AB1.3 hours11 pull requests7%Sweet Spot—
2599purpleidea/mgmtGo41.1389% · Ceiling AC1.5 hours22 pull requests17%Nursery—
386wal-g/wal-gGo61.4093% · Ceiling AB1.5 hours309 pull requests3%Nursery—
1145abiosoft/colimaGo54.05100% · FullC1.7 hours29 pull requests45%Nursery—
82google/go-githubGo67.3788% · Ceiling AB1.7 hours229 pull requests0%Sweet Spot—
845asciimoo/histerGo56.60100% · FullB1.7 hours105 pull requests7%Nursery—
2351cloudwego/einoGo43.8593% · Ceiling AC1.9 hours161 pull requests36%Nursery—
661hashicorp/serfGo58.2278% · Ceiling BB (capped)2 hours10 pull requests—Sweet Spot—
1336daeuniverse/daeGo52.6193% · Ceiling AC2.1 hours30 pull requests54%Nursery—
434schollz/crocGo60.75100% · FullB2.1 hours17 pull requests11%Nursery—
558k3s-io/k3sGo59.3488% · Ceiling AB2.3 hours224 pull requests1%Sweet Spot—
286cockroachdb/pebbleGo62.8293% · Ceiling AB2.4 hours34 pull requests9%Sweet Spot—
1680aquasecurity/traceeGo49.8592% · Ceiling AC2.5 hours37 pull requests10%Nursery—
218quic-go/quic-goGo63.8198% · FullB2.5 hours33 pull requests10%Sweet Spot⚠—
1030bufbuild/bufGo55.0993% · Ceiling AB2.6 hours119 pull requests6%Sweet Spot—
251go-sql-driver/mysqlGo63.3380% · Ceiling BB (capped)2.6 hours26 pull requests33%Sweet Spot—
388NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkitGo61.3993% · Ceiling AB2.7 hours190 pull requests6%Sweet Spot—
363knative/servingGo61.66100% · FullB3.1 hours15 pull requests6%Sweet Spot—
196labstack/echoGo64.25100% · FullB3.2 hours52 pull requests27%Sweet Spot—
633cerbos/cerbosGo58.4488% · Ceiling AB3.2 hours223 pull requests0%Nursery—
52gdamore/tcellGo68.69100% · FullB3.4 hours43 pull requests0%Sweet Spot—
1674twpayne/chezmoiGo49.9194% · Ceiling AC3.8 hours15 pull requests12%Nursery—
255google/go-cloudGo63.19100% · FullB4 hours19 pull requests0%Sweet Spot—
1031deckarep/golang-setGo55.0879% · Ceiling BB (capped)4.1 hours12 pull requests25%Sweet Spot—
#422100% · Full
Score 60.94 · B
First reply (median) under 0.1 hours61 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 50%
Sweet Spot
#1009100% · Full
Score 55.26 · B
First reply (median) under 0.1 hours74 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 28%
Nursery
#155398% · Full
Score 50.88 · C
First reply (median) under 0.1 hours43 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 64%
Nursery
#1001100% · Full
Score 55.36 · B
First reply (median) under 0.1 hours27 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 43%
Nursery
#65988% · Ceiling A
Score 58.24 · B
First reply (median) under 0.1 hours19 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 5%
Nursery
#158100% · Full
Score 65.17 · B
First reply (median) 0.1 hours16 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot
#65392% · Ceiling A
Score 58.30 · B
First reply (median) 0.2 hours24 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot
#101781% · Ceiling A
Score 55.20 · B
First reply (median) 0.2 hours57 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 9%
Sweet Spot
#20488% · Ceiling A
Score 64.11 · B
First reply (median) 0.2 hours244 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 2%
Sweet Spot
#102274% · Ceiling B
Score 55.17 · B (capped)
First reply (median) 0.2 hours339 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 14%
Sweet Spot
#138992% · Ceiling A
Score 52.17 · C
First reply (median) 0.3 hours13 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 8%
Nursery
#72893% · Ceiling A
Score 57.71 · B
First reply (median) 0.3 hours40 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 18%
Sweet Spot
#64198% · Full
Score 58.38 · B
First reply (median) 0.5 hours75 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 18%
Sweet Spot
#8698% · Full
Score 67.24 · B
First reply (median) 0.5 hours282 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot
#181288% · Ceiling A
Score 48.76 · C
First reply (median) 0.7 hours183 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 9%
Nursery
#118100% · Full
Score 66.25 · B
First reply (median) 0.7 hours48 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 42%
Sweet Spot
#743100% · Full
Score 57.53 · B
First reply (median) 0.7 hours170 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 19%
Sweet Spot
#125798% · Full
Score 53.22 · C
First reply (median) 0.9 hours23 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 0%
Nursery
#129888% · Ceiling A
Score 52.96 · C
First reply (median) 1 hour55 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 1%
Nursery
#37288% · Ceiling A
Score 61.56 · B
First reply (median) 1 hour113 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 11%
Sweet Spot
#102698% · Full
Score 55.11 · B
First reply (median) 1 hour65 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 20%
Nursery
#218089% · Ceiling A
Score 45.45 · C
First reply (median) 1 hour15 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 6%
Nursery
#195681% · Ceiling A
Score 47.49 · C
First reply (median) 1.1 hours41 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 11%
Nursery
#132586% · Ceiling A
Score 52.72 · C
First reply (median) 1.1 hours18 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 0%
Nursery
#66098% · Full
Score 58.22 · B
First reply (median) 1.2 hours73 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 6%
Nursery
#114493% · Ceiling A
Score 54.07 · C
First reply (median) 1.3 hours54 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 19%
Nursery
#39789% · Ceiling A
Score 61.28 · B
First reply (median) 1.3 hours11 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 7%
Sweet Spot
#259989% · Ceiling A
Score 41.13 · C
First reply (median) 1.5 hours22 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 17%
Nursery
#38693% · Ceiling A
Score 61.40 · B
First reply (median) 1.5 hours309 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 3%
Nursery
#1145100% · Full
Score 54.05 · C
First reply (median) 1.7 hours29 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 45%
Nursery
#8288% · Ceiling A
Score 67.37 · B
First reply (median) 1.7 hours229 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot
#845100% · Full
Score 56.60 · B
First reply (median) 1.7 hours105 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 7%
Nursery
#235193% · Ceiling A
Score 43.85 · C
First reply (median) 1.9 hours161 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 36%
Nursery
#66178% · Ceiling B
Score 58.22 · B (capped)
First reply (median) 2 hours10 pull requests · No reply in 14 days —
Sweet Spot
#133693% · Ceiling A
Score 52.61 · C
First reply (median) 2.1 hours30 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 54%
Nursery
#434100% · Full
Score 60.75 · B
First reply (median) 2.1 hours17 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 11%
Nursery
#55888% · Ceiling A
Score 59.34 · B
First reply (median) 2.3 hours224 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 1%
Sweet Spot
#28693% · Ceiling A
Score 62.82 · B
First reply (median) 2.4 hours34 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 9%
Sweet Spot
#168092% · Ceiling A
Score 49.85 · C
First reply (median) 2.5 hours37 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 10%
Nursery
#21898% · Full
Score 63.81 · B
First reply (median) 2.5 hours33 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 10%
Sweet Spot
⚠
#103093% · Ceiling A
Score 55.09 · B
First reply (median) 2.6 hours119 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 6%
Sweet Spot
#25180% · Ceiling B
Score 63.33 · B (capped)
First reply (median) 2.6 hours26 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 33%
Sweet Spot
#38893% · Ceiling A
Score 61.39 · B
First reply (median) 2.7 hours190 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 6%
Sweet Spot
#363100% · Full
Score 61.66 · B
First reply (median) 3.1 hours15 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 6%
Sweet Spot
#196100% · Full
Score 64.25 · B
First reply (median) 3.2 hours52 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 27%
Sweet Spot
#63388% · Ceiling A
Score 58.44 · B
First reply (median) 3.2 hours223 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 0%
Nursery
#52100% · Full
Score 68.69 · B
First reply (median) 3.4 hours43 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot
#167494% · Ceiling A
Score 49.91 · C
First reply (median) 3.8 hours15 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 12%
Nursery
#255100% · Full
Score 63.19 · B
First reply (median) 4 hours19 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot
#103179% · Ceiling B
Score 55.08 · B (capped)
First reply (median) 4.1 hours12 pull requests · No reply in 14 days 25%
Sweet Spot