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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 amacneil/dbmate got a first human reply in a median of 10.8 days (19 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 40% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,357 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,462 of 1,525 (the bottom 5%).

Key facts
Rank2,357 of 3,219
Score43.79
TierC
Median first reply10.8 days (258.6 hours)
14-day no-reply share40%
First-timer rank1,462 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,357 of 3,219
Score
43.79
Tier
C
Coverage
92% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 51.2 (coverage 100%), friction 61.2 (coverage 85%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness27.875%
Criticality49.5100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor48.5100%
Accessibility35.685%

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.40.0%20.01520 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/amacneil__dbmate.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.62.5%78.18—primaryraw/author_history/amacneil__dbmate.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.258.6 hours (10.8 days)0.01919 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/amacneil__dbmate.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.814.3 hours (33.9 days)22.23219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/amacneil__dbmate.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1355.2——primaryraw/dependents/amacneil__dbmate.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.0.4343.0——primaryraw/github_meta/amacneil__dbmate.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.051—primaryraw/commits_365d/amacneil__dbmate.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/amacneil__dbmate.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/amacneil__dbmate.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/amacneil__dbmate.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.77.577.5——primaryraw/scorecard/amacneil__dbmate.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.14.6%18.34119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/amacneil__dbmate.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/amacneil__dbmate.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.25.0%50.08—primaryraw/author_history/amacneil__dbmate.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/amacneil__dbmate.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
Balanced2,357 of 3,21943.79CRated
First-timer1,462 of 1,52539.09DRated
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-assisted2,569 of 3,69644.88CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
5b4f9127dd14114e52f2f67755be919a9aa6a5609cc7859803960debe6b4c326

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/74.json, under the key amacneil/dbmate.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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