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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

For fatih/color, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 8 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,608 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,608 of 3,219
Score41.09
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemGo
Window—

Composite

Rank
2,608 of 3,219
Score
41.09
Tier
C
Coverage
63% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 58.5 (coverage 93%), friction 72.0 (coverage 35%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness9.010%
Criticality69.8100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor36.0100%
Accessibility21.050%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1326.4 hours (55.3 days)9.0818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/fatih__color.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.39,08199.0——primaryraw/dependents/fatih__color.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.0.363936.4——primaryraw/github_meta/fatih__color.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/fatih__color.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/fatih__color.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/fatih__color.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/fatih__color.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.01518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/fatih__color.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/fatih__color.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/fatih__color.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
Balanced2,608 of 3,21941.09CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capital771 of 79843.66CRated
Senior systems808 of 1,27650.08CRated
AI-assisted3,099 of 3,69640.09CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
71136d418e5aacd6d511619fed3b5fec77bb8bbcaf64fb5b18b6caf04a0b1467

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/4d.json, under the key fatih/color.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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