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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 libcpr/cpr got a first human reply in a median of 3.3 days (15 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 20% got none within 14 days. It ranks 985 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 888 of 1,525 (the bottom 42%).

Key facts
Rank985 of 3,219
Score55.49
TierB
Median first reply3.3 days (79.1 hours)
14-day no-reply share20%
First-timer rank888 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
985 of 3,219
Score
55.49
Tier
B
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 54.7 (coverage 100%), friction 40.6 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness54.575%
Criticality44.8100%
Governance76.8100%
Rigor56.5100%
Accessibility45.5100%

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.20.0%60.01020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/libcpr__cpr.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.100.0%100.07—primaryraw/author_history/libcpr__cpr.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.79.1 hours (3.3 days)32.01519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/libcpr__cpr.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.814.9 hours (34 days)23.01319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/libcpr__cpr.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.0.447844.8——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/libcpr__cpr.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.7100.035—primaryraw/commits_365d/libcpr__cpr.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/libcpr__cpr.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/libcpr__cpr.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/libcpr__cpr.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.77.882477.917—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/libcpr__cpr.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.35.7%44.61419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/libcpr__cpr.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.07—primaryraw/actions_runs/libcpr__cpr.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.61.5%100.013—primaryraw/author_history/libcpr__cpr.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/libcpr__cpr.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.08—primaryraw/author_history/libcpr__cpr.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced985 of 3,21955.49BRated
First-timer888 of 1,52554.38CRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems533 of 1,27656.62BRated
AI-assisted1,093 of 3,69655.72BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
b2345953594b2031237c60ff4d84804b4be00f6820adabceac3f808b26aa3227

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/85.json, under the key libcpr/cpr.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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