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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 zerobrewhq/zerobrew got a first human reply in a median of 12.7 hours (21 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 12% got none within 14 days. It ranks 673 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 389 of 1,525 (the top 26%).

Key facts
Rank673 of 3,219
Score58.08
TierB
Median first reply12.7 hours
14-day no-reply share12%
First-timer rank389 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
673 of 3,219
Score
58.08
Tier
B
Coverage
84% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 47.6 (coverage 68%), friction 31.1 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness80.1100%
Criticality42.135%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor49.1100%
Accessibility55.5100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.01019 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.12.0%76.02520 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.48.0%60.075—primaryraw/author_history/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.12.7 hours (0.5 days)98.02119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.656.7 hours (27.4 days)22.51319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.421242.1——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0481—primaryraw/commits_365d/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.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/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.56.363656.455—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.38.7%48.43119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.027—primaryraw/actions_runs/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.63.2%100.019—primaryraw/author_history/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.33.3%66.712—primaryraw/author_history/zerobrewhq__zerobrew.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced673 of 3,21958.08BRated
First-timer389 of 1,52562.67BRated
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-assisted1,051 of 3,69656.04BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
cfedc81ac6f5096414c5ddd1561718c92bb8bf8b5c387ef47b4d8262c1894177

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The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/f1.json, under the key zerobrewhq/zerobrew.

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