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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 supertuxkart/stk-code got a first human reply in a median of 2.3 days (36 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 42% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,006 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,255 of 1,525 (the bottom 18%).

Key facts
Rank2,006 of 3,219
Score47.15
TierC
Median first reply2.3 days (54.2 hours)
14-day no-reply share42%
First-timer rank1,255 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,006 of 3,219
Score
47.15
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 44.8 (coverage 100%), friction 49.3 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness55.8100%
Criticality45.7100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor39.6100%
Accessibility38.4100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.79.0%98.71919 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/supertuxkart__stk-code.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.42.2%15.64520 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/supertuxkart__stk-code.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.52.4%65.521—primaryraw/author_history/supertuxkart__stk-code.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.54.2 hours (2.3 days)45.63619 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/supertuxkart__stk-code.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.915.2 hours (38.1 days)19.72519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/supertuxkart__stk-code.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.0.456845.7——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/supertuxkart__stk-code.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0159—primaryraw/commits_365d/supertuxkart__stk-code.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/supertuxkart__stk-code.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/supertuxkart__stk-code.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/supertuxkart__stk-code.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/supertuxkart__stk-code.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.9.5%11.94219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/supertuxkart__stk-code.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.21.458321.511—primaryraw/actions_runs/supertuxkart__stk-code.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.41.7%83.312—primaryraw/author_history/supertuxkart__stk-code.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/supertuxkart__stk-code.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.20.0%40.05—primaryraw/author_history/supertuxkart__stk-code.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,006 of 3,21947.15CRated
First-timer1,255 of 1,52547.13CRated
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-assisted2,486 of 3,69645.55CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e3e2daf205b2ab517f0f1af85a2c3beb71b10355d603af4b376a1cd2d2040b4c

No suspicion flags on this repository.

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How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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