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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 78/xiaozhi-esp32 got a first human reply in a median of 4.1 days (48 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 29% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,189 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,023 of 1,525 (the bottom 33%).

Key facts
Rank1,189 of 3,219
Score53.75
TierC
Median first reply4.1 days (97.7 hours)
14-day no-reply share29%
First-timer rank1,023 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,189 of 3,219
Score
53.75
Tier
C
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 52.7 (coverage 100%), friction 41.6 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness54.7100%
Criticality51.0100%
Governance76.8100%
Rigor39.5100%
Accessibility40.385%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.82.8%100.05818 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.29.1%41.811020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.41.9%52.431—primaryraw/author_history/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.97.7 hours (4.1 days)24.44818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.311.1 hours (13 days)55.97618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Not applicable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Not applicable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.510551.0——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.5100.0335—primaryraw/commits_365d/78__xiaozhi-esp32.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/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.23.878823.999—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.3.8%4.813118 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.30.8%61.513—primaryraw/author_history/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/78__xiaozhi-esp32.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,189 of 3,21953.75CRated
First-timer1,023 of 1,52551.80CRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems594 of 1,27655.17BRated
AI-assisted1,793 of 3,69650.51CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
deb82ce191d10fc366b1ee916751ae99709773e5cbc4d917984971c173cf0cb0

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/fc.json, under the key 78/xiaozhi-esp32.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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