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trufflesecurity/trufflehog

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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 trufflesecurity/trufflehog got a first human reply in a median of 16 hours (292 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 33% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,439 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,439 of 3,219
Score51.78
TierC
Median first reply16 hours
14-day no-reply share33%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemGo
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,439 of 3,219
Score
51.78
Tier
C
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 48.7 (coverage 100%), friction 42.8 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness67.980%
Criticality38.0100%
Governance55.8100%
Rigor61.9100%
Accessibility32.550%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.59.5%74.415818 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.32.6%34.832220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.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.16.0 hours (0.7 days)89.729218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.543.4 hours (22.6 days)35.823318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.134.4——primaryraw/dependents/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.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.0.421442.1——primaryraw/github_meta/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.4100.0392—primaryraw/commits_365d/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.87.587.5——primaryraw/scorecard/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.39.6%49.528018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.012—primaryraw/actions_runs/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.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.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/trufflesecurity__trufflehog.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
Balanced1,439 of 3,21951.78CRated
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 systems764 of 1,27651.42CRated
AI-assisted1,258 of 3,69654.44CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
4761091c584a5f1280bcedc2b5fcfac709a591c80eab5d533015c3eed3cee748

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/a2.json, under the key trufflesecurity/trufflehog.

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