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

For pixie-io/pixie, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 7 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,344 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,344 of 3,219
Score43.93
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemC and C++
Window—

Composite

Rank
2,344 of 3,219
Score
43.93
Tier
C
Coverage
63% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 47.1 (coverage 91%), friction 56.4 (coverage 40%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness—0%
Criticality32.8100%
Governance55.8100%
Rigor65.170%
Accessibility25.550%

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.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.0.32832.8——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/pixie-io__pixie.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.035—primaryraw/commits_365d/pixie-io__pixie.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/pixie-io__pixie.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/pixie-io__pixie.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/pixie-io__pixie.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.8484.0——primaryraw/scorecard/pixie-io__pixie.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.8585.013—primaryraw/actions_runs/pixie-io__pixie.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.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/pixie-io__pixie.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
Balanced2,344 of 3,21943.93CRated
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-assisted1,818 of 3,69650.34CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
32ecd43d11d232e9be077f569867cad9ce5a74bf4524684d712c9f1e7742dc52

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/4c.json, under the key pixie-io/pixie.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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