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First human reply

34.7 days

typical wait for an outside pull request, from 10 measured.

What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 5 November 2026.

Outside pull requests to mattn/go-sqlite3 got a first human reply in a median of 34.7 days (10 pull requests, 26 April to 23 October 2026); 73% got none within 14 days. It ranks 3,549 of 4,044 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,829 of 1,904 (the bottom 4%).

Key facts
Rank3,549 of 4,044
Score42.16
TierC
Median first reply34.7 days (833.4 hours)
14-day no-reply share73%
First-timer rank1,829 of 1,904
EcosystemC and C++
Window26 April to 23 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,549 of 4,044
Score
42.16
Tier
C
Coverage
92% · Full
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 48.9 (coverage 100%), friction 64.3 (coverage 85%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness22.075%
Criticality44.6100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor54.8100%
Accessibility47.985%

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.73.3%0.01527 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mattn__go-sqlite3.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.60.0%75.05—primaryraw/author_history/mattn__go-sqlite3.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.833.4 hours (34.7 days)0.01026 April to 23 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mattn__go-sqlite3.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1103.0 hours (46 days)14.71226 April to 23 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mattn__go-sqlite3.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.0.446544.6——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/mattn__go-sqlite3.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0172—primaryraw/commits_365d/mattn__go-sqlite3.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/mattn__go-sqlite3.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/mattn__go-sqlite3.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/mattn__go-sqlite3.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/mattn__go-sqlite3.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.50.0%62.51826 April to 23 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mattn__go-sqlite3.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.015—primaryraw/actions_runs/mattn__go-sqlite3.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.40.0%80.05—primaryraw/author_history/mattn__go-sqlite3.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/mattn__go-sqlite3.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
Balanced3,549 of 4,04442.16CRated
First-timer1,829 of 1,90439.59DRated
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-assisted3,405 of 4,00244.85CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
5ea5f38a9a2309afdadd2fb603ad2dbc98a0677a178167ecb7446698790839d7

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/78.json, under the key mattn/go-sqlite3.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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