PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-10-17

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

For spider-rs/spider, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 30% of 10 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 1,289 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 799 of 1,525 (the bottom 48%).

Key facts
Rank1,289 of 3,219
Score53.00
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share30%
First-timer rank799 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,289 of 3,219
Score
53.00
Tier
C
Coverage
86% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 45.5 (coverage 100%), friction 39.3 (coverage 73%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness71.945%
Criticality45.4100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor42.4100%
Accessibility48.1100%

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.30.0%40.01020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spider-rs__spider.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.66.7%83.39—primaryraw/author_history/spider-rs__spider.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.16.0 hours (0.7 days)97.1911 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spider-rs__spider.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.650.3——primaryraw/dependents/spider-rs__spider.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.16,452 downloads a month45.7——primaryraw/downloads/crates__spider.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.394439.4——primaryraw/github_meta/spider-rs__spider.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0876—primaryraw/commits_365d/spider-rs__spider.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/spider-rs__spider.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/spider-rs__spider.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/spider-rs__spider.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.34.666734.717—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/spider-rs__spider.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.01311 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spider-rs__spider.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.87.416787.422—primaryraw/actions_runs/spider-rs__spider.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.77.8%100.09—primaryraw/author_history/spider-rs__spider.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/spider-rs__spider.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.07—primaryraw/author_history/spider-rs__spider.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,289 of 3,21953.00CRated
First-timer799 of 1,52555.96BRated
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-assisted1,772 of 3,69650.68CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
a8bc9ac18f8e96c09e4b13b620f30983352230b3b331a7b273ce5c25848ab78f

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/0b.json, under the key spider-rs/spider.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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