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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 mimblewimble/grin got a first human reply in a median of 45 hours (71 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 9% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,311 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,311 of 3,219
Score52.83
TierC
Median first reply45 hours
14-day no-reply share9%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemRust
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,311 of 3,219
Score
52.83
Tier
C
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 48.4 (coverage 100%), friction 41.4 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness72.180%
Criticality42.4100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor57.1100%
Accessibility37.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.95.2%100.02119 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mimblewimble__grin.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.8.5%82.98220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mimblewimble__grin.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.45.0 hours (1.9 days)52.37119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mimblewimble__grin.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.311.2 hours (13 days)45.35519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mimblewimble__grin.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1861.0——primaryraw/dependents/mimblewimble__grin.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.604 downloads a month22.5——primaryraw/downloads/crates__grin.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.353635.4——primaryraw/github_meta/mimblewimble__grin.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.048—primaryraw/commits_365d/mimblewimble__grin.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/mimblewimble__grin.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/mimblewimble__grin.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/mimblewimble__grin.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.72.572.5——primaryraw/scorecard/mimblewimble__grin.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.42.9%53.67019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mimblewimble__grin.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.100100.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/mimblewimble__grin.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/mimblewimble__grin.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
Balanced1,311 of 3,21952.83CRated
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-assisted1,296 of 3,69654.14CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
eee908c64ab43f157db67dc82bdbd04bb5eed3cf35428aa74965cdd3550179bc

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/b2.json, under the key mimblewimble/grin.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). mimblewimble/grin. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/mimblewimble/grin/. CC BY 4.0.

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