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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 ish-app/ish got a first human reply in a median of 41.2 hours (16 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 64% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,569 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: this repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.

Key facts
Rank2,569 of 3,219
Score41.43
TierC
Median first reply41.2 hours
14-day no-reply share64%
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemC and C++
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,569 of 3,219
Score
41.43
Tier
C
Coverage
82% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 46.5 (coverage 93%), friction 60.0 (coverage 69%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness29.965%
Criticality43.0100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor40.3100%
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.64.3%0.02820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ish-app__ish.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.11.1%13.99—primaryraw/author_history/ish-app__ish.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.41.2 hours (1.7 days)55.51610 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ish-app__ish.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

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.0.430143.0——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/ish-app__ish.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/ish-app__ish.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/ish-app__ish.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/ish-app__ish.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5050.0——primaryraw/scorecard/ish-app__ish.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.22.2%27.81810 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ish-app__ish.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.026—primaryraw/actions_runs/ish-app__ish.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.16.7%33.36—primaryraw/author_history/ish-app__ish.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/ish-app__ish.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
Balanced2,569 of 3,21941.43CRated
First-timerThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems952 of 1,27645.10CRated
AI-assisted2,972 of 3,69641.21CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
566cfa183723fc1335d625fd4916e0d4e22e4e81f79ceb55f601e1c5d34bc62c

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/5f.json, under the key ish-app/ish.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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