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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 davatorium/rofi got a first human reply in a median of 10 hours (14 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 25% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,597 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 954 of 1,525 (the bottom 38%).

Key facts
Rank1,597 of 3,219
Score50.53
TierC
Median first reply10 hours
14-day no-reply share25%
First-timer rank954 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,597 of 3,219
Score
50.53
Tier
C
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 40.2 (coverage 100%), friction 37.4 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness81.7100%
Criticality42.6100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor29.4100%
Accessibility32.985%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.69.2%86.51310 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/davatorium__rofi.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.25.0%50.02020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/davatorium__rofi.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.75.0%93.812—primaryraw/author_history/davatorium__rofi.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.10.0 hours (0.4 days)100.01410 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/davatorium__rofi.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.513.9 hours (21.4 days)38.51510 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/davatorium__rofi.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.0.425642.6——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/davatorium__rofi.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.068—primaryraw/commits_365d/davatorium__rofi.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/davatorium__rofi.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/davatorium__rofi.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/davatorium__rofi.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.32.532.5——primaryraw/scorecard/davatorium__rofi.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.11.8%14.71710 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/davatorium__rofi.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/davatorium__rofi.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.25.0%50.08—primaryraw/author_history/davatorium__rofi.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/davatorium__rofi.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,597 of 3,21950.53CRated
First-timer954 of 1,52553.26CRated
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-assisted2,435 of 3,69646.02CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
1a65b389e8ecd20ffb400e724dc9b4f82695dc2b16d82efbcf9b740d5a8e4b53

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/ad.json, under the key davatorium/rofi.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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