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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 dgraph-io/badger got a first human reply in a median of 3.2 days (15 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 80% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,383 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,335 of 1,525 (the bottom 13%).

Key facts
Rank1,383 of 3,219
Score52.19
TierC
Median first reply3.2 days (75.7 hours)
14-day no-reply share80%
First-timer rank1,335 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,383 of 3,219
Score
52.19
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 64.4 (coverage 100%), friction 57.9 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness33.5100%
Criticality71.8100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor55.4100%
Accessibility38.0100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.31.3%39.11610 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dgraph-io__badger.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.79.6%0.04920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dgraph-io__badger.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.41.7%52.112—primaryraw/author_history/dgraph-io__badger.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.75.7 hours (3.2 days)33.61510 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dgraph-io__badger.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.616.0 hours (25.7 days)32.31310 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dgraph-io__badger.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.6,14791.9——primaryraw/dependents/dgraph-io__badger.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.0.489248.9——primaryraw/github_meta/dgraph-io__badger.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.042—primaryraw/commits_365d/dgraph-io__badger.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/dgraph-io__badger.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/dgraph-io__badger.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/dgraph-io__badger.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.82.582.5——primaryraw/scorecard/dgraph-io__badger.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.27.8%34.71810 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dgraph-io__badger.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5959.010—primaryraw/actions_runs/dgraph-io__badger.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.41.7%83.312—primaryraw/author_history/dgraph-io__badger.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/dgraph-io__badger.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.05—primaryraw/author_history/dgraph-io__badger.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,383 of 3,21952.19CRated
First-timer1,335 of 1,52544.74CRated
Career capital552 of 79853.87CRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,419 of 3,69653.15CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
d726aaef2df8e591c985ac7cc48dbf6868f156c41295e5f8767ed245f48608c2

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/df.json, under the key dgraph-io/badger.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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