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perspective-dev/perspective

Rust

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

For perspective-dev/perspective, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 8 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,694 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,694 of 3,219
Score39.92
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemRust
Window—

Composite

Rank
2,694 of 3,219
Score
39.92
Tier
D
Coverage
68% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 42.6 (coverage 91%), friction 58.3 (coverage 47%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness—0%
Criticality39.0100%
Governance55.8100%
Rigor39.770%
Accessibility20.585%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.344.2——primaryraw/dependents/perspective-dev__perspective.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.1,700 downloads a month30.1——primaryraw/downloads/crates__perspective.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.39539.5——primaryraw/github_meta/perspective-dev__perspective.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0328—primaryraw/commits_365d/perspective-dev__perspective.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Sign-off on commits (DCO)100.0——primaryraw/governance/perspective-dev__perspective.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/perspective-dev__perspective.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/perspective-dev__perspective.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.39.466739.550—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/perspective-dev__perspective.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.23.041723.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/perspective-dev__perspective.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.20.0%40.05—primaryraw/author_history/perspective-dev__perspective.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/perspective-dev__perspective.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
Balanced2,694 of 3,21939.92DRated
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-assisted3,094 of 3,69640.14CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
90c3d46996afc95b69393f1e1cc16152ddde66e2a9977696a83af81756a71dff

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/76.json, under the key perspective-dev/perspective.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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