PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-10-17

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

Outside pull requests to habitat-sh/habitat got a first human reply in a median of 15.4 hours (221 pull requests, 11 April to 8 October 2026); 4% got none within 14 days. It ranks 868 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank868 of 3,219
Score56.39
TierB (capped)
Median first reply15.4 hours
14-day no-reply share4%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemRust
Window11 April to 8 October 2026

Composite

Rank
868 of 3,219
Score
56.39
Tier
B (capped)
Coverage
71% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 47.5 (coverage 68%), friction 31.8 (coverage 80%)

Capped: this tier can go no higher until more of the project's inputs are measured. It reflects how much data there is, not how good the score is.

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness92.880%
Criticality40.335%
Governance55.8100%
Rigor54.2100%
Accessibility25.550%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.91.3%100.02311 April to 10 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/habitat-sh__habitat.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.3.8%92.35220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/habitat-sh__habitat.json
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.15.4 hours (0.6 days)91.122111 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/habitat-sh__habitat.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.92.1 hours (3.8 days)80.925211 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/habitat-sh__habitat.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.0.402840.3——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/habitat-sh__habitat.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0778—primaryraw/commits_365d/habitat-sh__habitat.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Sign-off on commits (DCO)100.0——primaryraw/governance/habitat-sh__habitat.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/habitat-sh__habitat.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/habitat-sh__habitat.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.62.562.5——primaryraw/scorecard/habitat-sh__habitat.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.1.9%2.426211 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/habitat-sh__habitat.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/habitat-sh__habitat.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/habitat-sh__habitat.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced868 of 3,21956.39B (capped)Rated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
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-assisted992 of 3,69656.51B (capped)Rated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
59bcaf663ba3c7f3436a2b76e41474d7fef778f92deafdd0f19e62c2d76a21c3

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/f7.json, under the key habitat-sh/habitat.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). habitat-sh/habitat. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/habitat-sh/habitat/. CC BY 4.0.

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