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hyperlight-dev/hyperlight

Rust

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

Outside pull requests to hyperlight-dev/hyperlight got a first human reply in a median of 14.7 hours (232 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 1% got none within 14 days. It ranks 825 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank825 of 3,219
Score56.82
TierB
Median first reply14.7 hours
14-day no-reply share1%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemRust
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
825 of 3,219
Score
56.82
Tier
B
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 49.5 (coverage 100%), friction 29.4 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness92.080%
Criticality29.3100%
Governance75.0100%
Rigor66.3100%
Accessibility10.550%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.91.9%100.03719 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.0.9%98.110720 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Collector failure
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.14.7 hours (0.6 days)92.823219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.206.1 hours (8.6 days)60.229419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.016.5——primaryraw/dependents/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.9,547 downloads a month41.9——primaryraw/downloads/crates__hyperlight.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.347834.8——primaryraw/github_meta/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0403—primaryraw/commits_365d/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.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/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.A written path to becoming a maintainer75.0——primaryraw/governance/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.78.432178.4341—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.17.0%21.333519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.3535.021—primaryraw/actions_runs/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.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/hyperlight-dev__hyperlight.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
Balanced825 of 3,21956.82BRated
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-assisted651 of 3,69659.73BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
45d9bfeda5cb76a2e46c61528bb7d8719ae7a0e15b78b12fd6a6e58769ee857a

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/72.json, under the key hyperlight-dev/hyperlight.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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