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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 getzola/zola got a first human reply in a median of 20.9 hours (29 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 14% got none within 14 days. It ranks 740 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 521 of 1,525 (the top 35%).

Key facts
Rank740 of 3,219
Score57.58
TierB
Median first reply20.9 hours
14-day no-reply share14%
First-timer rank521 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
740 of 3,219
Score
57.58
Tier
B
Coverage
84% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 49.3 (coverage 68%), friction 34.0 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness82.3100%
Criticality54.835%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor39.4100%
Accessibility48.8100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.02310 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/getzola__zola.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.14.3%71.44920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/getzola__zola.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.63.0%78.727—primaryraw/author_history/getzola__zola.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.20.9 hours (0.9 days)80.02910 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/getzola__zola.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.165.3 hours (6.9 days)68.13210 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/getzola__zola.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.547754.8——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/getzola__zola.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0255—primaryraw/commits_365d/getzola__zola.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/getzola__zola.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/getzola__zola.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/getzola__zola.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5050.0——primaryraw/scorecard/getzola__zola.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.19.6%24.55110 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/getzola__zola.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/getzola__zola.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.64.3%100.014—primaryraw/author_history/getzola__zola.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/getzola__zola.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.11.1%22.29—primaryraw/author_history/getzola__zola.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced740 of 3,21957.58BRated
First-timer521 of 1,52560.43BRated
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-assisted1,359 of 3,69653.64CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
4a1f8185f766f50d79f29d06d5de189e0bf601cc80f00ffff8a8b2c0f5b32496

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/5f.json, under the key getzola/zola.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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