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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 FuelLabs/sway got a first human reply in a median of 34.7 hours (23 pull requests, 17 April to 14 October 2026); 54% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,452 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
Rank2,452 of 3,219
Score42.75
TierC
Median first reply34.7 hours
14-day no-reply share54%
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemRust
Window17 April to 14 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,452 of 3,219
Score
42.75
Tier
C
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 43.9 (coverage 100%), friction 59.3 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness48.2100%
Criticality39.2100%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor61.4100%
Accessibility38.585%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.58.8%73.51717 April to 16 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/FuelLabs__sway.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.54.3%0.04620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/FuelLabs__sway.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.37.5%46.98—primaryraw/author_history/FuelLabs__sway.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.34.7 hours (1.4 days)61.72317 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/FuelLabs__sway.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.732.2 hours (30.5 days)19.62217 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/FuelLabs__sway.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.751.3——primaryraw/dependents/FuelLabs__sway.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.923 downloads a month25.1——primaryraw/downloads/crates__sway.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.355235.5——primaryraw/github_meta/FuelLabs__sway.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0144—primaryraw/commits_365d/FuelLabs__sway.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/FuelLabs__sway.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/FuelLabs__sway.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/FuelLabs__sway.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.85.904885.963—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/FuelLabs__sway.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.40.0%50.02517 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/FuelLabs__sway.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.019—primaryraw/actions_runs/FuelLabs__sway.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.28.6%57.17—primaryraw/author_history/FuelLabs__sway.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/FuelLabs__sway.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
Balanced2,452 of 3,21942.75CRated
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-assisted2,274 of 3,69647.25CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
d92efd5405ccdc9bc18f5f26b0e7c4f78c5d57b6c09c814a3b10746b7a1414f7

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/6a.json, under the key FuelLabs/sway.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). FuelLabs/sway. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/fuellabs/sway/. CC BY 4.0.

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