PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-10-17

What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

Outside pull requests to zeromicro/go-zero got a first human reply in a median of 4.4 days (40 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 51% got none within 14 days. It ranks 884 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,020 of 1,525 (the bottom 34%).

Key facts
Rank884 of 3,219
Score56.28
TierB
Median first reply4.4 days (106.3 hours)
14-day no-reply share51%
First-timer rank1,020 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
884 of 3,219
Score
56.28
Tier
B
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 63.5 (coverage 100%), friction 49.6 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness46.5100%
Criticality67.3100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor59.9100%
Accessibility46.685%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.50.0%62.53418 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zeromicro__go-zero.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.50.8%0.06120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zeromicro__go-zero.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.80.0%100.020—primaryraw/author_history/zeromicro__go-zero.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.106.3 hours (4.4 days)21.34018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zeromicro__go-zero.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.425.5 hours (17.7 days)45.29718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zeromicro__go-zero.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.74381.8——primaryraw/dependents/zeromicro__go-zero.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.0.506150.6——primaryraw/github_meta/zeromicro__go-zero.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.091—primaryraw/commits_365d/zeromicro__go-zero.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/zeromicro__go-zero.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/zeromicro__go-zero.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/zeromicro__go-zero.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.7575.0——primaryraw/scorecard/zeromicro__go-zero.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.3.8%4.721218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zeromicro__go-zero.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.021—primaryraw/actions_runs/zeromicro__go-zero.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.33.3%66.712—primaryraw/author_history/zeromicro__go-zero.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/zeromicro__go-zero.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
Balanced884 of 3,21956.28BRated
First-timer1,020 of 1,52551.87CRated
Career capital444 of 79857.05BRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted889 of 3,69657.28BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
7805afa73e5f7f09d529826c997d648b5a7d6fc29e8dc9a0fe68d4203f1798d7

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/c0.json, under the key zeromicro/go-zero.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

Open an issue about this record and say what looks wrong.

Porchlamp (2026). zeromicro/go-zero. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/zeromicro/go-zero/. CC BY 4.0.

Similar projects

The ranked projects nearest this one in the same ecosystem.