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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 gomods/athens got a first human reply in a median of 10 days (43 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 18% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,636 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,195 of 1,525 (the bottom 22%).

Key facts
Rank1,636 of 3,219
Score50.18
TierC
Median first reply10 days (239.4 hours)
14-day no-reply share18%
First-timer rank1,195 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,636 of 3,219
Score
50.18
Tier
C
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 52.3 (coverage 100%), friction 49.4 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness34.775%
Criticality43.8100%
Governance76.8100%
Rigor50.0100%
Accessibility51.3100%

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.17.6%64.71720 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/gomods__athens.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.63.6%79.511—primaryraw/author_history/gomods__athens.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.239.4 hours (10 days)0.04319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/gomods__athens.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1838.2 hours (76.6 days)4.24019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/gomods__athens.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.547.6——primaryraw/dependents/gomods__athens.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.0.396239.6——primaryraw/github_meta/gomods__athens.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.4100.032—primaryraw/commits_365d/gomods__athens.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/gomods__athens.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/gomods__athens.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/gomods__athens.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.72.572.5——primaryraw/scorecard/gomods__athens.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.24.0%30.05019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/gomods__athens.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/gomods__athens.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.71.4%100.07—primaryraw/author_history/gomods__athens.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/gomods__athens.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/gomods__athens.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,636 of 3,21950.18CRated
First-timer1,195 of 1,52548.42CRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems721 of 1,27652.30CRated
AI-assisted1,874 of 3,69649.85CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
fd1340e22cf7d47d9901a51f22eb69a075e0af8825c5f018578680aaf5bcd919

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/5c.json, under the key gomods/athens.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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