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silvia-odwyer/photon

Rust

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

For silvia-odwyer/photon, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 8 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,102 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,102 of 3,219
Score54.45
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemRust
Window—

Composite

Rank
1,102 of 3,219
Score
54.45
Tier
C
Coverage
68% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 45.6 (coverage 93%), friction 32.4 (coverage 45%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness88.330%
Criticality38.3100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor45.3100%
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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.80.0%100.05—primaryraw/author_history/silvia-odwyer__photon.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.181.2 hours (7.5 days)65.0720 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/silvia-odwyer__photon.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.548.8——primaryraw/dependents/silvia-odwyer__photon.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.2,409 downloads a month33.4——primaryraw/downloads/crates__photon.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.298729.9——primaryraw/github_meta/silvia-odwyer__photon.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/silvia-odwyer__photon.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/silvia-odwyer__photon.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/silvia-odwyer__photon.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5555.0——primaryraw/scorecard/silvia-odwyer__photon.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.30.0%37.51020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/silvia-odwyer__photon.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.013—primaryraw/actions_runs/silvia-odwyer__photon.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/silvia-odwyer__photon.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
Balanced1,102 of 3,21954.45CRated
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 systems698 of 1,27652.83CRated
AI-assisted1,465 of 3,69652.91CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
52d83e4ecb56ab3031de7dc044297129a9f456ea1bd6c06f9f8e08fb3fc4f9a4

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/53.json, under the key silvia-odwyer/photon.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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