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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 NVIDIA/TensorRT got a first human reply in a median of 4.6 hours (15 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 43% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,467 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,467 of 3,219
Score51.61
TierC
Median first reply4.6 hours
14-day no-reply share43%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemC and C++
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,467 of 3,219
Score
51.61
Tier
C
Coverage
80% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 50.9 (coverage 93%), friction 41.7 (coverage 64%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness68.355%
Criticality40.8100%
Governance72.365%
Rigor53.5100%
Accessibility12.485%

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.43.5%13.02320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/NVIDIA__TensorRT.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.4.6 hours (0.2 days)100.01518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/NVIDIA__TensorRT.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.306.2 hours (12.8 days)56.11018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/NVIDIA__TensorRT.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.0.407840.8——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/NVIDIA__TensorRT.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.Sign-off on commits (DCO)100.0——primaryraw/governance/NVIDIA__TensorRT.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/NVIDIA__TensorRT.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/NVIDIA__TensorRT.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.72.572.5——primaryraw/scorecard/NVIDIA__TensorRT.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.33.3%41.71218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/NVIDIA__TensorRT.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/NVIDIA__TensorRT.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.0.0%0.010—primaryraw/author_history/NVIDIA__TensorRT.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/NVIDIA__TensorRT.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
Balanced1,467 of 3,21951.61CRated
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 systems655 of 1,27653.91CRated
AI-assisted1,519 of 3,69652.62CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
f5f712ef8f00b4eedad9089d3ec3031348cb3897d8ae926a2f5536e03c47d76b

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/6d.json, under the key NVIDIA/TensorRT.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). NVIDIA/TensorRT. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/nvidia/tensorrt/. CC BY 4.0.

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