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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 qltysh/qlty got a first human reply in a median of under 0.1 hours (51 pull requests, 20 April to 17 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (9 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,033 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 375 of 1,525 (the top 25%).

Key facts
Rank1,033 of 3,219
Score55.07
TierB
Median first replyunder 0.1 hours
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rank375 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,033 of 3,219
Score
55.07
Tier
B
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 39.7 (coverage 100%), friction 29.2 (coverage 77%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness83.660%
Criticality20.7100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor58.2100%
Accessibility56.285%

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.42.9%53.67—primaryraw/author_history/qltysh__qlty.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.0.0 hours (0 days)100.05120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/qltysh__qlty.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.28.1 hours (1.2 days)94.34320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/qltysh__qlty.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.016.5——primaryraw/dependents/qltysh__qlty.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.43 downloads a month6.0——primaryraw/downloads/crates__qlty.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.358535.9——primaryraw/github_meta/qltysh__qlty.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0158—primaryraw/commits_365d/qltysh__qlty.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/qltysh__qlty.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/qltysh__qlty.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/qltysh__qlty.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.68.512868.5117—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/qltysh__qlty.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.6.3%7.84820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/qltysh__qlty.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/qltysh__qlty.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.50.0%100.08—primaryraw/author_history/qltysh__qlty.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/qltysh__qlty.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
Balanced1,033 of 3,21955.07BRated
First-timer375 of 1,52562.88BRated
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-assisted1,092 of 3,69655.74BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
a83479b9ad229f2f354e82f01c381e24dbeec37e5d133e1455ff7ad83d080f5d

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/a6.json, under the key qltysh/qlty.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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