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 tach-org/tach, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 5 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,992 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,992 of 3,219
Score34.18
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemRust
Window—

Composite

Rank
2,992 of 3,219
Score
34.18
Tier
D
Coverage
61% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 41.9 (coverage 68%), friction 73.6 (coverage 55%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness1.910%
Criticality41.935%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor36.0100%
Accessibility51.5100%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
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.2394.6 hours (99.8 days)1.9711 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/tach-org__tach.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.419141.9——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/tach-org__tach.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0143—primaryraw/commits_365d/tach-org__tach.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/tach-org__tach.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/tach-org__tach.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/tach-org__tach.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.42.952443.014—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/tach-org__tach.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.18.2%22.71111 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/tach-org__tach.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.023—primaryraw/actions_runs/tach-org__tach.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.71.4%100.07—primaryraw/author_history/tach-org__tach.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/tach-org__tach.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/tach-org__tach.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,992 of 3,21934.18DRated
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-assisted3,493 of 3,69634.09DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e508e27ff07b9b074eea4b98a295c5ca47e46481487f2b26148da06c44d9f0ac

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/49.json, under the key tach-org/tach.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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