PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-10-17

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

Outside pull requests to moonshine-ai/moonshine got a first human reply in a median of 25.3 days (10 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 62% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,123 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,297 of 1,525 (the bottom 16%).

Key facts
Rank2,123 of 3,219
Score46.06
TierC
Median first reply25.3 days (606.9 hours)
14-day no-reply share62%
First-timer rank1,297 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,123 of 3,219
Score
46.06
Tier
C
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 47.3 (coverage 88%), friction 55.2 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness38.8100%
Criticality45.9100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor47.560%
Accessibility51.1100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.91.7%100.01218 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.61.5%0.01320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.51.7%64.729—primaryraw/author_history/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.606.9 hours (25.3 days)0.01018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1355.5 hours (56.5 days)8.8518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/moonshine-ai__moonshine.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.0.458945.9——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0666—primaryraw/commits_365d/moonshine-ai__moonshine.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/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.01718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.05—primaryraw/actions_runs/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.64.3%100.014—primaryraw/author_history/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.11.1%22.29—primaryraw/author_history/moonshine-ai__moonshine.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,123 of 3,21946.06CRated
First-timer1,297 of 1,52545.82CRated
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-assisted2,401 of 3,69646.25CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
80e05e416e20ce9f70acbba7eb248b3cd953118a0cd4c80d9b525207b7029c33

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/e6.json, under the key moonshine-ai/moonshine.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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