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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 axllent/mailpit got a first human reply in a median of 18.7 hours (10 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (9 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,176 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 996 of 1,525 (the bottom 35%).

Key facts
Rank2,176 of 3,219
Score45.49
TierC
Median first reply18.7 hours
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rank996 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,176 of 3,219
Score
45.49
Tier
C
Coverage
82% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 29.3 (coverage 88%), friction 37.7 (coverage 77%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness76.360%
Criticality26.3100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor20.060%
Accessibility44.985%

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.46.2%57.713—primaryraw/author_history/axllent__mailpit.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.18.7 hours (0.8 days)84.11018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/axllent__mailpit.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.63.0 hours (2.6 days)90.0818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/axllent__mailpit.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.5——primaryraw/dependents/axllent__mailpit.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.0.386938.7——primaryraw/github_meta/axllent__mailpit.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0379—primaryraw/commits_365d/axllent__mailpit.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/axllent__mailpit.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/axllent__mailpit.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/axllent__mailpit.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.02918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/axllent__mailpit.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/axllent__mailpit.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.36.4%72.711—primaryraw/author_history/axllent__mailpit.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/axllent__mailpit.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
Balanced2,176 of 3,21945.49CRated
First-timer996 of 1,52552.38CRated
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-assisted3,136 of 3,69639.59DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
69c9165a3c54b1e4dbdac6cab52bf05e630ce33ebf7c18ec5da0ed2e7df7c8e6

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/b9.json, under the key axllent/mailpit.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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