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

For guanzhi/GmSSL, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 44% of 18 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 2,557 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,419 of 1,525 (the bottom 8%).

Key facts
Rank2,557 of 3,219
Score41.53
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share44%
First-timer rank1,419 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,557 of 3,219
Score
41.53
Tier
C
Coverage
85% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 34.9 (coverage 100%), friction 48.3 (coverage 75%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness67.270%
Criticality35.8100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor23.0100%
Accessibility15.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.69.2%86.51319 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/guanzhi__GmSSL.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.44.4%11.11820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/guanzhi__GmSSL.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.100.0%100.09—primaryraw/author_history/guanzhi__GmSSL.json
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.523.4 hours (21.8 days)37.31319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/guanzhi__GmSSL.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Not applicable
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.0.357535.8——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/guanzhi__GmSSL.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0396—primaryraw/commits_365d/guanzhi__GmSSL.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/guanzhi__GmSSL.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/guanzhi__GmSSL.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/guanzhi__GmSSL.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.27.527.5——primaryraw/scorecard/guanzhi__GmSSL.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.01419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/guanzhi__GmSSL.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.013—primaryraw/actions_runs/guanzhi__GmSSL.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/guanzhi__GmSSL.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
Balanced2,557 of 3,21941.53CRated
First-timer1,419 of 1,52541.46CRated
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-assisted3,277 of 3,69637.71DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
30f63368db57b778f40957fbf73a972eea901c8e693d2919579e5a4bb2cb9653

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/c2.json, under the key guanzhi/GmSSL.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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