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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 ccfos/nightingale got a first human reply in a median of 2.1 days (13 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 20% got none within 14 days. It ranks 809 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 394 of 1,525 (the top 26%).

Key facts
Rank809 of 3,219
Score56.94
TierB
Median first reply2.1 days (49.3 hours)
14-day no-reply share20%
First-timer rank394 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
809 of 3,219
Score
56.94
Tier
B
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 47.7 (coverage 100%), friction 35.6 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness71.1100%
Criticality43.7100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor52.5100%
Accessibility68.4100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.93.8%100.01618 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ccfos__nightingale.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.20.3%59.46420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ccfos__nightingale.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.68.8%85.916—primaryraw/author_history/ccfos__nightingale.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.49.3 hours (2.1 days)49.01318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ccfos__nightingale.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.330.3 hours (13.8 days)53.35018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ccfos__nightingale.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.445.1——primaryraw/dependents/ccfos__nightingale.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.0.420142.0——primaryraw/github_meta/ccfos__nightingale.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0455—primaryraw/commits_365d/ccfos__nightingale.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/ccfos__nightingale.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/ccfos__nightingale.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/ccfos__nightingale.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.57.557.5——primaryraw/scorecard/ccfos__nightingale.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.2.8%3.57218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ccfos__nightingale.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.013—primaryraw/actions_runs/ccfos__nightingale.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.64.7%100.017—primaryraw/author_history/ccfos__nightingale.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.220.0——primaryraw/gfi/ccfos__nightingale.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.45.5%90.911—primaryraw/author_history/ccfos__nightingale.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced809 of 3,21956.94BRated
First-timer394 of 1,52562.61BRated
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-assisted1,088 of 3,69655.76BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
df45ed6c03e1a45e97251ffcadf54aeb9a7d9f892718a1994f3b6a7441eeaab0

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/8a.json, under the key ccfos/nightingale.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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