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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 allegro/bigcache got a first human reply in a median of 2 days (12 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (7 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,754 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,754 of 3,219
Score49.26
TierC
Median first reply2 days (48.2 hours)
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemGo
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,754 of 3,219
Score
49.26
Tier
C
Coverage
71% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 59.1 (coverage 93%), friction 56.3 (coverage 50%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness40.640%
Criticality65.4100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor45.3100%
Accessibility21.050%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.48.2 hours (2 days)49.81218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/allegro__bigcache.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1113.1 hours (46.4 days)12.8718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/allegro__bigcache.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1,63886.3——primaryraw/dependents/allegro__bigcache.json
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.0.414341.4——primaryraw/github_meta/allegro__bigcache.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/allegro__bigcache.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/allegro__bigcache.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/allegro__bigcache.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.67.567.5——primaryraw/scorecard/allegro__bigcache.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.16.7%20.81218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/allegro__bigcache.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/allegro__bigcache.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/allegro__bigcache.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
Balanced1,754 of 3,21949.26CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capital677 of 79849.35CRated
Senior systems596 of 1,27655.12B (capped)Rated
AI-assisted2,050 of 3,69648.76CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
d3b5b1067304a01bf4e250422cda9d2641965394647d00b8b5924be43d6053e7

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/ee.json, under the key allegro/bigcache.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). allegro/bigcache. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/allegro/bigcache/. CC BY 4.0.

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