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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

For taigrr/spank, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 1 pull request counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,575 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: this repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.

Key facts
Rank2,575 of 3,219
Score41.38
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemGo
Window—

Composite

Rank
2,575 of 3,219
Score
41.38
Tier
C
Coverage
67% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 49.0 (coverage 79%), friction 64.0 (coverage 57%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness30.220%
Criticality20.7100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor95.030%
Accessibility28.785%

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.24.1%30.229—primaryraw/author_history/taigrr__spank.json
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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.5——primaryraw/dependents/taigrr__spank.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.0.266626.7——primaryraw/github_meta/taigrr__spank.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.062—primaryraw/commits_365d/taigrr__spank.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/taigrr__spank.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/taigrr__spank.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/taigrr__spank.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.26.3%52.619—primaryraw/author_history/taigrr__spank.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/taigrr__spank.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/taigrr__spank.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,575 of 3,21941.38CRated
First-timerThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
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-assistedNot enough evidence to show under this lens.

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
ac41e8db1cb759075be1914d2f3dc8244aabed705c579ecc5ab6f33a8ead707d

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/af.json, under the key taigrr/spank.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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