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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 linebender/vello got a first human reply in a median of 10.1 hours (69 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 28% got none within 14 days. It ranks 619 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank619 of 3,219
Score58.59
TierB
Median first reply10.1 hours
14-day no-reply share28%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemRust
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
619 of 3,219
Score
58.59
Tier
B
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 56.9 (coverage 100%), friction 35.9 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness84.280%
Criticality49.2100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor68.3100%
Accessibility21.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.83.9%100.03119 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/linebender__vello.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.27.5%44.96920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/linebender__vello.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.10.1 hours (0.4 days)100.06919 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/linebender__vello.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.232.1 hours (9.7 days)56.43619 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/linebender__vello.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.548.8——primaryraw/dependents/linebender__vello.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.141,804 downloads a month57.8——primaryraw/downloads/crates__vello.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.434143.4——primaryraw/github_meta/linebender__vello.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0469—primaryraw/commits_365d/linebender__vello.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/linebender__vello.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/linebender__vello.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/linebender__vello.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.97.76197.8265—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/linebender__vello.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.45.8%57.25919 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/linebender__vello.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/linebender__vello.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/linebender__vello.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
Balanced619 of 3,21958.59BRated
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-assisted497 of 3,69661.56BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
d0fd1093dddaefcdb7f1a9819c825410460e84ebf91cc09b7503ca5f569a4dd2

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/f5.json, under the key linebender/vello.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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