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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/dgraph got a first human reply in a median of 2.5 days (42 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 42% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,972 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: this repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.

Key facts
Rank1,972 of 3,219
Score47.42
TierC
Median first reply2.5 days (59.1 hours)
14-day no-reply share42%
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemGo
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,972 of 3,219
Score
47.42
Tier
C
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 48.5 (coverage 100%), friction 53.4 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness43.5100%
Criticality48.9100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor46.4100%
Accessibility48.485%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.56.5%70.74610 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dgraph-io__dgraph.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.41.8%16.59120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dgraph-io__dgraph.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.25.0%31.316—primaryraw/author_history/dgraph-io__dgraph.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.59.1 hours (2.5 days)42.54210 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dgraph-io__dgraph.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.441.9 hours (18.4 days)43.95610 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dgraph-io__dgraph.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1355.2——primaryraw/dependents/dgraph-io__dgraph.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.0.416441.6——primaryraw/github_meta/dgraph-io__dgraph.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0117—primaryraw/commits_365d/dgraph-io__dgraph.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__dgraph.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__dgraph.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__dgraph.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6565.0——primaryraw/scorecard/dgraph-io__dgraph.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.22.4%28.06710 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dgraph-io__dgraph.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.74.041774.09—primaryraw/actions_runs/dgraph-io__dgraph.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.42.9%85.77—primaryraw/author_history/dgraph-io__dgraph.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/dgraph-io__dgraph.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
Balanced1,972 of 3,21947.42CRated
First-timerThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
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-assisted2,290 of 3,69647.14CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
abe567768a0025c315e5cb7871ba86f105f77e6fc9c3e0d4500a3f0a51c5c01b

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/2a.json, under the key dgraph-io/dgraph.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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