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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 model-checking/kani got a first human reply in a median of 16.2 hours (113 pull requests, 20 April to 17 October 2026); 11% got none within 14 days. It ranks 888 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank888 of 3,219
Score56.24
TierB
Median first reply16.2 hours
14-day no-reply share11%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemRust
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
888 of 3,219
Score
56.24
Tier
B
Coverage
89% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 50.3 (coverage 100%), friction 37.4 (coverage 78%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness76.455%
Criticality33.3100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor78.5100%
Accessibility46.3100%

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.11.4%77.34420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/model-checking__kani.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.16.2 hours (0.7 days)89.211320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/model-checking__kani.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.399.8 hours (16.7 days)37.09320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/model-checking__kani.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.016.5——primaryraw/dependents/model-checking__kani.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.92,776 downloads a month55.1——primaryraw/downloads/crates__kani.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.368136.8——primaryraw/github_meta/model-checking__kani.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0210—primaryraw/commits_365d/model-checking__kani.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/model-checking__kani.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/model-checking__kani.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/model-checking__kani.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.9292.0209—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/model-checking__kani.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.35.1%43.911420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/model-checking__kani.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.3535.05—primaryraw/actions_runs/model-checking__kani.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.57.1%100.07—primaryraw/author_history/model-checking__kani.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/model-checking__kani.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.20.0%40.05—primaryraw/author_history/model-checking__kani.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced888 of 3,21956.24BRated
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-assisted493 of 3,69661.61BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
614249a658072c8932e8305b7ccf175165e4c5ec2325e610961f4823bef924e2

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/2a.json, under the key model-checking/kani.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). model-checking/kani. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/model-checking/kani/. CC BY 4.0.

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