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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 AlistGo/alist got a first human reply in a median of 2.1 days (43 pull requests, 17 April to 14 October 2026); 13% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,423 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 991 of 1,525 (the bottom 36%).

Key facts
Rank1,423 of 3,219
Score51.86
TierC
Median first reply2.1 days (51.3 hours)
14-day no-reply share13%
First-timer rank991 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window17 April to 14 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,423 of 3,219
Score
51.86
Tier
C
Coverage
80% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 49.9 (coverage 73%), friction 45.9 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness58.875%
Criticality49.347%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor50.4100%
Accessibility47.8100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.13.2%73.73820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/AlistGo__alist.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.61.5%76.913—primaryraw/author_history/AlistGo__alist.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.51.3 hours (2.1 days)47.64317 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/AlistGo__alist.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.568.3 hours (23.7 days)34.13017 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/AlistGo__alist.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: Not applicable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.493249.3——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/AlistGo__alist.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0234—primaryraw/commits_365d/AlistGo__alist.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/AlistGo__alist.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/AlistGo__alist.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/AlistGo__alist.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.89.333389.374—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/AlistGo__alist.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.7.1%8.94217 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/AlistGo__alist.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.026—primaryraw/actions_runs/AlistGo__alist.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.62.5%100.08—primaryraw/author_history/AlistGo__alist.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/AlistGo__alist.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.05—primaryraw/author_history/AlistGo__alist.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,423 of 3,21951.86CRated
First-timer991 of 1,52552.46CRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,640 of 3,69651.62CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
af06757834a02ec4c664e653478da0b3c4db55a6fdc6e596edf5042ba781c8f4

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/b3.json, under the key AlistGo/alist.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). AlistGo/alist. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/alistgo/alist/. CC BY 4.0.

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