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rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild

Rust

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

For rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild, 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 1,179 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 802 of 1,525 (the bottom 48%).

Key facts
Rank1,179 of 3,219
Score53.81
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rank802 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window—

Composite

Rank
1,179 of 3,219
Score
53.81
Tier
C
Coverage
80% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 48.2 (coverage 100%), friction 40.2 (coverage 62%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness70.330%
Criticality47.6100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor47.5100%
Accessibility47.485%

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.83.3%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.json
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.1132.4 hours (47.2 days)11.02811 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.344.2——primaryraw/dependents/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.554,512 downloads a month67.2——primaryraw/downloads/crates__cargo-zigbuild.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.376137.6——primaryraw/github_meta/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.095—primaryraw/commits_365d/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.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/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.47.447247.441—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.02911 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.3535.025—primaryraw/actions_runs/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.60.0%100.05—primaryraw/author_history/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/rust-cross__cargo-zigbuild.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
Balanced1,179 of 3,21953.81CRated
First-timer802 of 1,52555.91B (capped)Rated
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-assisted1,533 of 3,69652.52CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
6dd5e57e0c64a82777719643e766c1632873da4768c93936b19cbe6685aefe94

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/3c.json, under the key rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild/. CC BY 4.0.

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