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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 tinygo-org/tinygo got a first human reply in a median of 21.6 hours (145 pull requests, 11 April to 8 October 2026); 38% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,564 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,259 of 1,525 (the bottom 18%).

Key facts
Rank1,564 of 3,219
Score50.80
TierC
Median first reply21.6 hours
14-day no-reply share38%
First-timer rank1,259 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window11 April to 8 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,564 of 3,219
Score
50.80
Tier
C
Coverage
93% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 51.9 (coverage 100%), friction 45.4 (coverage 90%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness69.5100%
Criticality38.9100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor68.5100%
Accessibility10.550%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.91.2%100.05711 April to 10 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/tinygo-org__tinygo.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.37.7%24.613020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/tinygo-org__tinygo.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.60.6%75.833—primaryraw/author_history/tinygo-org__tinygo.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.21.6 hours (0.9 days)78.914511 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/tinygo-org__tinygo.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.859.1 hours (35.8 days)19.69811 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/tinygo-org__tinygo.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.134.4——primaryraw/dependents/tinygo-org__tinygo.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.0.440944.1——primaryraw/github_meta/tinygo-org__tinygo.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0612—primaryraw/commits_365d/tinygo-org__tinygo.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/tinygo-org__tinygo.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/tinygo-org__tinygo.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/tinygo-org__tinygo.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6565.0——primaryraw/scorecard/tinygo-org__tinygo.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.37.3%46.613411 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/tinygo-org__tinygo.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.3535.013—primaryraw/actions_runs/tinygo-org__tinygo.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/tinygo-org__tinygo.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
Balanced1,564 of 3,21950.80CRated
First-timer1,259 of 1,52547.09CRated
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-assisted1,108 of 3,69655.59BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
1f49fb22bd60a6c8b4835a45960cf6f6c0adba7ec4b97dae9a918ad2c3c218d0

No suspicion flags on this repository.

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

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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