PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-11-05

What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 5 November 2026.

For hrvach/deskhop, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 77% of 22 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (27 April to 24 October 2026). It ranks 3,613 of 4,044 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,818 of 1,904 (the bottom 5%).

Key facts
Rank3,613 of 4,044
Score41.42
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share77%
First-timer rank1,818 of 1,904
EcosystemC and C++
Window27 April to 24 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,613 of 4,044
Score
41.42
Tier
C
Coverage
84% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 40.2 (coverage 100%), friction 55.2 (coverage 70%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness47.845%
Criticality42.2100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor30.0100%
Accessibility28.785%

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.77.3%0.02227 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/hrvach__deskhop.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.100.0%100.07—primaryraw/author_history/hrvach__deskhop.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.1098.5 hours (45.8 days)15.31422 April to 19 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/hrvach__deskhop.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.0.422242.2——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/hrvach__deskhop.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.079—primaryraw/commits_365d/hrvach__deskhop.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/hrvach__deskhop.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/hrvach__deskhop.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/hrvach__deskhop.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.38.666738.714—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/hrvach__deskhop.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.6.7%8.31522 April to 19 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/hrvach__deskhop.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.021—primaryraw/actions_runs/hrvach__deskhop.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.16.7%33.36—primaryraw/author_history/hrvach__deskhop.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/hrvach__deskhop.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
Balanced3,613 of 4,04441.42CRated
First-timer1,818 of 1,90440.16CRated
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-assisted3,795 of 4,00238.95DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
76147909c719dea30b24c7353c8d0e896e07d048578c4ba5f7f141fb3fd356c4

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/e5.json, under the key hrvach/deskhop.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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