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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 usememos/memos got a first human reply in a median of 5.9 hours (100 pull requests, 17 April to 14 October 2026); 30% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,437 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 943 of 1,525 (the bottom 39%).

Key facts
Rank1,437 of 3,219
Score51.80
TierC
Median first reply5.9 hours
14-day no-reply share30%
First-timer rank943 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window17 April to 14 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,437 of 3,219
Score
51.80
Tier
C
Coverage
93% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 43.8 (coverage 100%), friction 36.8 (coverage 90%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness80.6100%
Criticality29.3100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor57.5100%
Accessibility25.550%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.93.6%100.06217 April to 16 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/usememos__memos.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.30.0%40.017020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/usememos__memos.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.42.2%52.845—primaryraw/author_history/usememos__memos.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.5.9 hours (0.2 days)100.010017 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/usememos__memos.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.60.2 hours (2.5 days)90.811117 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/usememos__memos.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.5——primaryraw/dependents/usememos__memos.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.0.451645.2——primaryraw/github_meta/usememos__memos.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0972—primaryraw/commits_365d/usememos__memos.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/usememos__memos.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/usememos__memos.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/usememos__memos.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.7070.0180—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/usememos__memos.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.2.8%3.418117 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/usememos__memos.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.027—primaryraw/actions_runs/usememos__memos.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/usememos__memos.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
Balanced1,437 of 3,21951.80CRated
First-timer943 of 1,52553.44CRated
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-assisted1,368 of 3,69653.57CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
ca734a144c851754a17782f7ea0ec05a3ed6c485c8918a612fee5402d00ffb16

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/da.json, under the key usememos/memos.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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