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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 sysadminsmedia/homebox got a first human reply in a median of 28.5 hours (29 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 53% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,011 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 995 of 1,525 (the bottom 35%).

Key facts
Rank2,011 of 3,219
Score47.08
TierC
Median first reply28.5 hours
14-day no-reply share53%
First-timer rank995 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,011 of 3,219
Score
47.08
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 35.8 (coverage 100%), friction 41.0 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness61.1100%
Criticality27.3100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor34.2100%
Accessibility53.3100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.58.0%72.55019 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.53.3%0.09020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.74.1%92.627—primaryraw/author_history/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.28.5 hours (1.2 days)68.82919 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.511.9 hours (21.3 days)37.85119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.5——primaryraw/dependents/sysadminsmedia__homebox.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.0.40940.9——primaryraw/github_meta/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0377—primaryraw/commits_365d/sysadminsmedia__homebox.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/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.54.444454.454—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.1.2%1.48719 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.100100.023—primaryraw/actions_runs/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.60.0%100.015—primaryraw/author_history/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.11.1%22.29—primaryraw/author_history/sysadminsmedia__homebox.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,011 of 3,21947.08CRated
First-timer995 of 1,52552.41CRated
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-assisted2,676 of 3,69643.87CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
62cf744effc2eedc31c31c63d8086efb751abc426490313470d1a1d86d57997f

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/b6.json, under the key sysadminsmedia/homebox.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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