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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 CLIUtils/CLI11 got a first human reply in a median of 23.5 hours (22 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 37% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,047 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 821 of 1,525 (the bottom 47%).

Key facts
Rank1,047 of 3,219
Score54.92
TierC
Median first reply23.5 hours
14-day no-reply share37%
First-timer rank821 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,047 of 3,219
Score
54.92
Tier
C
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 51.7 (coverage 100%), friction 40.6 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness64.875%
Criticality48.1100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor52.7100%
Accessibility46.3100%

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.36.8%26.31920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/CLIUtils__CLI11.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.81.8%100.011—primaryraw/author_history/CLIUtils__CLI11.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.23.5 hours (1 days)75.82219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/CLIUtils__CLI11.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.918.3 hours (38.3 days)19.23119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/CLIUtils__CLI11.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Not applicable
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.0.481248.1——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/CLIUtils__CLI11.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0116—primaryraw/commits_365d/CLIUtils__CLI11.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/CLIUtils__CLI11.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/CLIUtils__CLI11.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/CLIUtils__CLI11.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5555.0——primaryraw/scorecard/CLIUtils__CLI11.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.5.9%7.33419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/CLIUtils__CLI11.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.06—primaryraw/actions_runs/CLIUtils__CLI11.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.57.1%100.014—primaryraw/author_history/CLIUtils__CLI11.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/CLIUtils__CLI11.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.12.5%25.08—primaryraw/author_history/CLIUtils__CLI11.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,047 of 3,21954.92CRated
First-timer821 of 1,52555.53BRated
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-assisted1,244 of 3,69654.54CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
156c82ffb16623bf24a114be905e443400d0d8bccdd005c2a995e6e3395301f7

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/b4.json, under the key CLIUtils/CLI11.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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