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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 orhun/ratty got a first human reply in a median of 22.3 hours (33 pull requests, 20 April to 17 October 2026); 6% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,821 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 861 of 1,525 (the bottom 44%).

Key facts
Rank1,821 of 3,219
Score48.66
TierC
Median first reply22.3 hours
14-day no-reply share6%
First-timer rank861 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,821 of 3,219
Score
48.66
Tier
C
Coverage
93% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 34.2 (coverage 100%), friction 35.5 (coverage 90%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness83.8100%
Criticality20.4100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor46.4100%
Accessibility37.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.92.6%100.02720 April to 19 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/orhun__ratty.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.6.3%87.53220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/orhun__ratty.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.73.9%92.423—primaryraw/author_history/orhun__ratty.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.22.3 hours (0.9 days)77.73320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/orhun__ratty.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.379.3 hours (15.8 days)39.32620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/orhun__ratty.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.016.5——primaryraw/dependents/orhun__ratty.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.104 downloads a month10.0——primaryraw/downloads/crates__ratty.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.321432.1——primaryraw/github_meta/orhun__ratty.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0261—primaryraw/commits_365d/orhun__ratty.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/orhun__ratty.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/orhun__ratty.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/orhun__ratty.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.68.301168.362—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/orhun__ratty.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.18.9%23.73720 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/orhun__ratty.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.100100.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/orhun__ratty.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/orhun__ratty.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
Balanced1,821 of 3,21948.66CRated
First-timer861 of 1,52554.69CRated
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-assisted2,104 of 3,69648.36CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
a82361892ccda94e952d7f527f408795075b58bf48a7ed9ce6c252e833aa5d85

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/a2.json, under the key orhun/ratty.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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