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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 x64dbg/x64dbg got a first human reply in a median of 7.2 hours (24 pull requests, 17 April to 14 October 2026); 13% got none within 14 days. It ranks 727 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 460 of 1,525 (the top 31%).

Key facts
Rank727 of 3,219
Score57.71
TierB
Median first reply7.2 hours
14-day no-reply share13%
First-timer rank460 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window17 April to 14 October 2026

Composite

Rank
727 of 3,219
Score
57.71
Tier
B
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 48.0 (coverage 100%), friction 32.4 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness85.8100%
Criticality50.1100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor43.0100%
Accessibility47.985%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.01317 April to 16 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/x64dbg__x64dbg.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.13.0%73.94620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/x64dbg__x64dbg.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.71.4%89.314—primaryraw/author_history/x64dbg__x64dbg.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.7.2 hours (0.3 days)100.02417 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/x64dbg__x64dbg.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.932.7 hours (38.9 days)18.73517 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/x64dbg__x64dbg.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Not applicable
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.0.500850.1——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/x64dbg__x64dbg.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0526—primaryraw/commits_365d/x64dbg__x64dbg.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/x64dbg__x64dbg.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/x64dbg__x64dbg.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/x64dbg__x64dbg.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6565.0——primaryraw/scorecard/x64dbg__x64dbg.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.13.2%16.55317 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/x64dbg__x64dbg.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.021—primaryraw/actions_runs/x64dbg__x64dbg.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.40.0%80.010—primaryraw/author_history/x64dbg__x64dbg.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/x64dbg__x64dbg.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced727 of 3,21957.71BRated
First-timer460 of 1,52561.30BRated
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-assisted1,237 of 3,69654.58CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
9f05a80999d2da4b4349299946dc2a8734c45466687bb33b700055f454b7cb4a

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/4f.json, under the key x64dbg/x64dbg.

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