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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 luminal-ai/luminal got a first human reply in a median of 39.4 hours (22 pull requests, 20 April to 17 October 2026); 21% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,462 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 978 of 1,525 (the bottom 36%).

Key facts
Rank1,462 of 3,219
Score51.65
TierC
Median first reply39.4 hours
14-day no-reply share21%
First-timer rank978 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,462 of 3,219
Score
51.65
Tier
C
Coverage
79% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 45.3 (coverage 68%), friction 39.7 (coverage 94%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness70.4100%
Criticality42.035%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor41.5100%
Accessibility36.470%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.84.2%100.01920 April to 19 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/luminal-ai__luminal.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.21.2%57.66620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/luminal-ai__luminal.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.50.0%62.510—primaryraw/author_history/luminal-ai__luminal.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.39.4 hours (1.6 days)57.12220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/luminal-ai__luminal.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.142.8 hours (5.9 days)71.65720 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/luminal-ai__luminal.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.420542.0——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/luminal-ai__luminal.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.01,000—primaryraw/commits_365d/luminal-ai__luminal.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/luminal-ai__luminal.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/luminal-ai__luminal.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/luminal-ai__luminal.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.28.746928.7241—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/luminal-ai__luminal.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.4.1%5.17420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/luminal-ai__luminal.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.36.4%72.711—primaryraw/author_history/luminal-ai__luminal.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/luminal-ai__luminal.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
Balanced1,462 of 3,21951.65CRated
First-timer978 of 1,52552.80CRated
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-assisted1,930 of 3,69649.55CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
5be6abf181d8bbafcd3cd8da5f6c4a8fdccb65211e802102f528a4bb0cdbe8e9

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/3d.json, under the key luminal-ai/luminal.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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