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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

For lysine-dev/retrofit, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 20% of 15 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 1,728 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,019 of 1,525 (the bottom 34%).

Key facts
Rank1,728 of 3,219
Score49.50
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share20%
First-timer rank1,019 of 1,525
EcosystemJava
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,728 of 3,219
Score
49.50
Tier
C
Coverage
64% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 40.9 (coverage 66%), friction 39.8 (coverage 59%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness64.145%
Criticality41.447%
Governance64.265%
Rigor24.3100%
Accessibility44.185%

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%60.01520 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/lysine-dev__retrofit.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.40.0%50.05—primaryraw/author_history/lysine-dev__retrofit.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.4.4 hours (0.2 days)98.66117 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/lysine-dev__retrofit.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: Not applicable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.414241.4——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/lysine-dev__retrofit.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/lysine-dev__retrofit.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/lysine-dev__retrofit.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/lysine-dev__retrofit.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.30.812530.864—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/lysine-dev__retrofit.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.07017 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/lysine-dev__retrofit.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/lysine-dev__retrofit.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.42.9%85.77—primaryraw/author_history/lysine-dev__retrofit.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/lysine-dev__retrofit.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
Balanced1,728 of 3,21949.50CRated
First-timer1,019 of 1,52551.89CRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems890 of 1,27647.25CRated
AI-assisted2,710 of 3,69643.67CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
67195cbda3cc3fe678e785c715b3635c833b90d186764957bd105e0d51d8d872

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/a7.json, under the key lysine-dev/retrofit.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). lysine-dev/retrofit. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/lysine-dev/retrofit/. CC BY 4.0.

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