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

For safing/portmaster, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 27% of 15 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 3,040 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: this repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.

Key facts
Rank3,040 of 3,219
Score32.76
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share27%
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemGo
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,040 of 3,219
Score
32.76
Tier
D
Coverage
79% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 38.9 (coverage 100%), friction 73.0 (coverage 63%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness26.045%
Criticality46.5100%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor32.6100%
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.26.7%46.71520 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/safing__portmaster.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.0.0%0.05—primaryraw/author_history/safing__portmaster.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.396.5 hours (16.5 days)47.21718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/safing__portmaster.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.750.3——primaryraw/dependents/safing__portmaster.json
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.0.422242.2——primaryraw/github_meta/safing__portmaster.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0249—primaryraw/commits_365d/safing__portmaster.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/safing__portmaster.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/safing__portmaster.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/safing__portmaster.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.47.547.5——primaryraw/scorecard/safing__portmaster.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.4.2%5.22418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/safing__portmaster.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/safing__portmaster.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/safing__portmaster.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
Balanced3,040 of 3,21932.76DRated
First-timerThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
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-assisted3,524 of 3,69632.89DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
53ab7678bbe512a7a27354fe1ac86d3a722bfab4ef0968d89144a796f49f7c32

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/6f.json, under the key safing/portmaster.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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