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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 ClementTsang/bottom got a first human reply in a median of 3.8 hours (20 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 0% got none within 14 days. It ranks 919 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 386 of 1,525 (the top 26%).

Key facts
Rank919 of 3,219
Score55.99
TierB
Median first reply3.8 hours
14-day no-reply share0%
First-timer rank386 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
919 of 3,219
Score
55.99
Tier
B
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 41.7 (coverage 100%), friction 29.7 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness90.475%
Criticality30.0100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor55.3100%
Accessibility50.0100%

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.0.0%100.02020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ClementTsang__bottom.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.83.3%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/ClementTsang__bottom.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.3.8 hours (0.2 days)100.02018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ClementTsang__bottom.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.576.8 hours (24 days)27.91818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ClementTsang__bottom.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.016.5——primaryraw/dependents/ClementTsang__bottom.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.4,206 downloads a month36.3——primaryraw/downloads/crates__bottom.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.409140.9——primaryraw/github_meta/ClementTsang__bottom.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0325—primaryraw/commits_365d/ClementTsang__bottom.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/ClementTsang__bottom.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/ClementTsang__bottom.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/ClementTsang__bottom.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.47.547.5——primaryraw/scorecard/ClementTsang__bottom.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.20.7%25.92918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ClementTsang__bottom.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.08—primaryraw/actions_runs/ClementTsang__bottom.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.61.5%100.013—primaryraw/author_history/ClementTsang__bottom.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/ClementTsang__bottom.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.25.0%50.08—primaryraw/author_history/ClementTsang__bottom.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced919 of 3,21955.99BRated
First-timer386 of 1,52562.74BRated
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-assisted1,058 of 3,69655.99BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
20be3bf7cf3b8b3299a65ce73ff44d269a10e3e3501993b4d9c57585b9abb3f3

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/86.json, under the key ClementTsang/bottom.

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