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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 litmuschaos/litmus got a first human reply in a median of 18.1 days (62 pull requests, 11 April to 8 October 2026); 71% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,778 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,031 of 1,525 (the bottom 33%).

Key facts
Rank1,778 of 3,219
Score49.07
TierC
Median first reply18.1 days (435.3 hours)
14-day no-reply share71%
First-timer rank1,031 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window11 April to 8 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,778 of 3,219
Score
49.07
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 42.7 (coverage 100%), friction 42.1 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness44.0100%
Criticality27.0100%
Governance82.0100%
Rigor42.7100%
Accessibility56.7100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.87.5%100.06411 April to 10 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/litmuschaos__litmus.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.70.7%0.08220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/litmuschaos__litmus.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.73.3%91.745—primaryraw/author_history/litmuschaos__litmus.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.435.3 hours (18.1 days)0.06211 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/litmuschaos__litmus.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1534.3 hours (63.9 days)6.76211 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/litmuschaos__litmus.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.5——primaryraw/dependents/litmuschaos__litmus.json
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.0.402540.3——primaryraw/github_meta/litmuschaos__litmus.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.14100.0167—primaryraw/commits_365d/litmuschaos__litmus.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/litmuschaos__litmus.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/litmuschaos__litmus.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/litmuschaos__litmus.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.7070.0——primaryraw/scorecard/litmuschaos__litmus.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.7.2%9.08311 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/litmuschaos__litmus.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.100100.026—primaryraw/actions_runs/litmuschaos__litmus.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.69.2%100.013—primaryraw/author_history/litmuschaos__litmus.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/litmuschaos__litmus.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.22.2%44.49—primaryraw/author_history/litmuschaos__litmus.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,778 of 3,21949.07CRated
First-timer1,031 of 1,52551.68CRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems871 of 1,27647.94CRated
AI-assisted2,292 of 3,69647.12CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e60871d11689d3898bbdfc3d654cbadf05c3e6118fa698bc9803696e8292a4d2

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/71.json, under the key litmuschaos/litmus.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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