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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 sysown/proxysql got a first human reply in a median of 2.6 days (17 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 6% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,785 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,785 of 3,219
Score48.97
TierC
Median first reply2.6 days (62.8 hours)
14-day no-reply share6%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemC and C++
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,785 of 3,219
Score
48.97
Tier
C
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 47.2 (coverage 100%), friction 45.7 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness72.280%
Criticality45.7100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor47.5100%
Accessibility15.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.89.6%100.04819 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sysown__proxysql.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.6.2%87.737320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sysown__proxysql.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Collector failure
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.62.8 hours (2.6 days)40.31719 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sysown__proxysql.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.144.3 hours (6 days)75.438719 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sysown__proxysql.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.0.457445.7——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/sysown__proxysql.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.01,000—primaryraw/commits_365d/sysown__proxysql.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/sysown__proxysql.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/sysown__proxysql.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/sysown__proxysql.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.47.547.5——primaryraw/scorecard/sysown__proxysql.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.043219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/sysown__proxysql.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.012—primaryraw/actions_runs/sysown__proxysql.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/sysown__proxysql.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,785 of 3,21948.97CRated
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 systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,972 of 3,69649.29CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
eb44c2f51844fa776b7629c49d8ea5ee10c031bc73fd4a710a23246929e5b0a7

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/4c.json, under the key sysown/proxysql.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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