PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-10-17

certimate-go/certimate

Go

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

Outside pull requests to certimate-go/certimate got a first human reply in a median of 4.2 hours (23 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 0% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,000 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 160 of 1,525 (the top 11%).

Key facts
Rank1,000 of 3,219
Score55.37
TierB
Median first reply4.2 hours
14-day no-reply share0%
First-timer rank160 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,000 of 3,219
Score
55.37
Tier
B
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 32.9 (coverage 100%), friction 23.9 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness94.6100%
Criticality27.9100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor29.4100%
Accessibility68.3100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.94.1%100.01718 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/certimate-go__certimate.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.0.0%100.03220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/certimate-go__certimate.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.71.4%89.321—primaryraw/author_history/certimate-go__certimate.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.4.2 hours (0.2 days)100.02318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/certimate-go__certimate.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.220.5 hours (9.2 days)67.22518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/certimate-go__certimate.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.5——primaryraw/dependents/certimate-go__certimate.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.0.420842.1——primaryraw/github_meta/certimate-go__certimate.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0720—primaryraw/commits_365d/certimate-go__certimate.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/certimate-go__certimate.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/certimate-go__certimate.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/certimate-go__certimate.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.24.862724.968—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/certimate-go__certimate.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.20.0%25.03518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/certimate-go__certimate.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.100100.06—primaryraw/actions_runs/certimate-go__certimate.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.57.1%100.014—primaryraw/author_history/certimate-go__certimate.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.220.0——primaryraw/gfi/certimate-go__certimate.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.37.5%75.08—primaryraw/author_history/certimate-go__certimate.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,000 of 3,21955.37BRated
First-timer160 of 1,52566.89BRated
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-assisted1,985 of 3,69649.20CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
b7c44e0222ff38384e7fe3c8ea4508c08ae3b0ab1b24ea698623634a89cd8bcf

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/c7.json, under the key certimate-go/certimate.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

Open an issue about this record and say what looks wrong.

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

Similar projects

The ranked projects nearest this one in the same ecosystem.