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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 kdash-rs/kdash got a first human reply in a median of 2.5 days (26 pull requests, 11 April to 8 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (6 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,900 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,900 of 3,219
Score36.28
TierD
Median first reply2.5 days (60.8 hours)
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemRust
Window11 April to 8 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,900 of 3,219
Score
36.28
Tier
D
Coverage
78% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 31.8 (coverage 100%), friction 57.2 (coverage 60%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness43.440%
Criticality19.3100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor40.1100%
Accessibility30.050%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
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.60.8 hours (2.5 days)41.52611 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kdash-rs__kdash.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.284.1 hours (11.8 days)49.13811 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kdash-rs__kdash.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.016.5——primaryraw/dependents/kdash-rs__kdash.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.157 downloads a month12.6——primaryraw/downloads/crates__kdash.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.271527.2——primaryraw/github_meta/kdash-rs__kdash.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0217—primaryraw/commits_365d/kdash-rs__kdash.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/kdash-rs__kdash.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/kdash-rs__kdash.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/kdash-rs__kdash.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.22.522.5——primaryraw/scorecard/kdash-rs__kdash.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.7.0%8.74311 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kdash-rs__kdash.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.100100.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/kdash-rs__kdash.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/kdash-rs__kdash.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
Balanced2,900 of 3,21936.28DRated
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-assisted3,311 of 3,69637.15DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
9e438873757a5bb36612e7e4e40d630d1bb97102770127f9871c100d43bcb7d1

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/c9.json, under the key kdash-rs/kdash.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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