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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 sxyazi/yazi got a first human reply in a median of 6.7 hours (48 pull requests, 17 April to 14 October 2026); 16% got none within 14 days. It ranks 945 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 634 of 1,525 (the top 42%).

Key facts
Rank945 of 3,219
Score55.75
TierB
Median first reply6.7 hours
14-day no-reply share16%
First-timer rank634 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window17 April to 14 October 2026

Composite

Rank
945 of 3,219
Score
55.75
Tier
B
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 48.5 (coverage 100%), friction 36.5 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness78.3100%
Criticality45.2100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor52.7100%
Accessibility45.9100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.89.7%100.02917 April to 16 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sxyazi__yazi.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.15.5%69.05820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sxyazi__yazi.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.46.0%57.437—primaryraw/author_history/sxyazi__yazi.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.6.7 hours (0.3 days)100.04817 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sxyazi__yazi.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.908.1 hours (37.8 days)14.52317 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sxyazi__yazi.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.954.5——primaryraw/dependents/sxyazi__yazi.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.1,852 downloads a month30.7——primaryraw/downloads/crates__yazi.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.448444.8——primaryraw/github_meta/sxyazi__yazi.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0337—primaryraw/commits_365d/sxyazi__yazi.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/sxyazi__yazi.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/sxyazi__yazi.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/sxyazi__yazi.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.48.684248.7152—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/sxyazi__yazi.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.12.5%15.67217 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sxyazi__yazi.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.028—primaryraw/actions_runs/sxyazi__yazi.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.41.2%82.417—primaryraw/author_history/sxyazi__yazi.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/sxyazi__yazi.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.14.3%28.67—primaryraw/author_history/sxyazi__yazi.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced945 of 3,21955.75BRated
First-timer634 of 1,52558.52BRated
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-assisted1,150 of 3,69655.29BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
45e077d42105d844c068c73f56ebcd69aa75706d6ae009dced3610bf70b9d5e8

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/d2.json, under the key sxyazi/yazi.

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