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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 bootandy/dust got a first human reply in a median of 7.7 days (14 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 50% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,833 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,475 of 1,525 (the bottom 4%).

Key facts
Rank2,833 of 3,219
Score37.52
TierD
Median first reply7.7 days (184.8 hours)
14-day no-reply share50%
First-timer rank1,475 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,833 of 3,219
Score
37.52
Tier
D
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 37.0 (coverage 100%), friction 60.6 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness25.175%
Criticality27.8100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor37.4100%
Accessibility45.5100%

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.50.0%0.02820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/bootandy__dust.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.71.4%89.314—primaryraw/author_history/bootandy__dust.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.184.8 hours (7.7 days)1.41418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/bootandy__dust.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1531.1 hours (63.8 days)5.71718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/bootandy__dust.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.016.5——primaryraw/dependents/bootandy__dust.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.4,848 downloads a month37.2——primaryraw/downloads/crates__dust.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.34134.1——primaryraw/github_meta/bootandy__dust.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.065—primaryraw/commits_365d/bootandy__dust.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/bootandy__dust.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/bootandy__dust.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/bootandy__dust.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/bootandy__dust.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.3.7%4.62718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/bootandy__dust.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/bootandy__dust.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.87.5%100.08—primaryraw/author_history/bootandy__dust.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/bootandy__dust.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.07—primaryraw/author_history/bootandy__dust.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,833 of 3,21937.52DRated
First-timer1,475 of 1,52537.85DRated
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-assisted3,314 of 3,69637.12DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
69b4619ff96c260fef3ac539d26bba77870a0185ee180b425239b77da3f8b2ea

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/9e.json, under the key bootandy/dust.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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