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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 redis/hiredis got a first human reply in a median of 13 hours (10 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 26% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,811 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,811 of 3,219
Score48.77
TierC
Median first reply13 hours
14-day no-reply share26%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemC and C++
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,811 of 3,219
Score
48.77
Tier
C
Coverage
81% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 40.6 (coverage 100%), friction 40.1 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness81.155%
Criticality38.6100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor37.2100%
Accessibility21.050%

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.26.3%47.43820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/redis__hiredis.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.13.0 hours (0.5 days)97.21019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/redis__hiredis.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.92.8 hours (3.9 days)83.63019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/redis__hiredis.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.0.386438.6——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/redis__hiredis.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.047—primaryraw/commits_365d/redis__hiredis.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/redis__hiredis.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/redis__hiredis.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/redis__hiredis.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.57.557.5——primaryraw/scorecard/redis__hiredis.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.5.9%7.33419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/redis__hiredis.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.011—primaryraw/actions_runs/redis__hiredis.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/redis__hiredis.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
Balanced1,811 of 3,21948.77CRated
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-assisted2,350 of 3,69646.65CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
74abe6ce20025172e64b2a6cb668cb500425d0b2e7de1e0c308d083f86a0b9ef

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/4a.json, under the key redis/hiredis.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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