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bethington/ghidra-mcp

Java

What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

Outside pull requests to bethington/ghidra-mcp got a first human reply in a median of 6.3 days (72 pull requests, 20 April to 17 October 2026); 11% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,073 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 711 of 1,525 (the top 47%).

Key facts
Rank1,073 of 3,219
Score54.67
TierC
Median first reply6.3 days (152.2 hours)
14-day no-reply share11%
First-timer rank711 of 1,525
EcosystemJava
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,073 of 3,219
Score
54.67
Tier
C
Coverage
87% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 50.9 (coverage 73%), friction 42.5 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness60.6100%
Criticality48.047%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor56.1100%
Accessibility60.0100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.04920 April to 19 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.11.1%77.86320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.69.2%86.552—primaryraw/author_history/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.152.2 hours (6.3 days)8.47220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.420.9 hours (17.5 days)41.315620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/bethington__ghidra-mcp.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.0.480448.0——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0895—primaryraw/commits_365d/bethington__ghidra-mcp.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/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6868.0——primaryraw/scorecard/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.1.0%1.220920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.100100.021—primaryraw/actions_runs/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.60.0%100.015—primaryraw/author_history/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.33.3%66.79—primaryraw/author_history/bethington__ghidra-mcp.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,073 of 3,21954.67CRated
First-timer711 of 1,52557.20BRated
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-assisted1,189 of 3,69654.93CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
867d0b0926a9750da843754988fa36c47c47d332e194c19e683525eb1c9a611a

No suspicion flags on this repository.

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