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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 baldurk/renderdoc got a first human reply in a median of 2.7 hours (27 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 3% got none within 14 days. It ranks 643 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 467 of 1,525 (the top 31%).

Key facts
Rank643 of 3,219
Score58.36
TierB
Median first reply2.7 hours
14-day no-reply share3%
First-timer rank467 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
643 of 3,219
Score
58.36
Tier
B
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 50.4 (coverage 100%), friction 33.3 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness84.175%
Criticality52.6100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor46.4100%
Accessibility47.4100%

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.3.3%93.33020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/baldurk__renderdoc.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.56.0%70.025—primaryraw/author_history/baldurk__renderdoc.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.2.7 hours (0.1 days)100.02718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/baldurk__renderdoc.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.352.4 hours (14.7 days)50.82218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/baldurk__renderdoc.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.0.526452.6——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/baldurk__renderdoc.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0989—primaryraw/commits_365d/baldurk__renderdoc.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/baldurk__renderdoc.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/baldurk__renderdoc.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/baldurk__renderdoc.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/baldurk__renderdoc.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.27.8%34.73618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/baldurk__renderdoc.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.81.541781.530—primaryraw/actions_runs/baldurk__renderdoc.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.41.7%83.312—primaryraw/author_history/baldurk__renderdoc.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/baldurk__renderdoc.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.20.0%40.05—primaryraw/author_history/baldurk__renderdoc.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced643 of 3,21958.36BRated
First-timer467 of 1,52561.14BRated
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-assisted1,069 of 3,69655.91BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
4f9770c5fec7f346a4f4a178d1480093a9a304b66846be333f4283441dba98d6

No suspicion flags on this repository.

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

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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