GetMerged - Find Active Open Source GitHub Repositories That Merge PRs

Find welcoming open source projects looking for contributors. Scored by real PR merge rates, fast reviewer response times, and beginner-friendly maintainers.

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RADAR: 100,306+ REPOSITORIES MONITORED IN REAL-TIME

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GetMerged tracks real reviewer response times, merge rates, and beginner-friendly maintainers - so you never waste hours on ignored pull requests.

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82%
Avg Merge Rate
4d+
Avg First Review
1,521
Welcoming Repos
100,306
Repos Scored
Beyond GitHub Stars

Stars measure popularity. C-Rank measures active maintainers.

A repository with 40,000 stars might have unanswered PRs from months ago. When you pick projects by stars alone, you often run into backlogged, exhausted teams. GetMerged checks whether maintainers are actually reviewing and merging community pull requests today.

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Real GitHub ActivityLive Data
Backlogged Repository45k ★
Median PR review wait: 140+ days
Active & Welcoming Repo1.8k ★
Median PR review wait: <6 hours

Today's Open Doors

Verified active maintainers merging community contributions right now.

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How We Score RepositoriesContinuous
External PR Merge RatePrimary
Review Response TimeCore
Recent Commit ActivityCore
First-Timer OnboardingHospitality
Transparent Metrics

9 real signals. Zero guesswork.

GetMerged tracks active pull requests across 20+ programming languages - measuring real review turnaround, newcomer acceptance, and maintainer responsiveness.

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For Maintainers

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Discover your review response grade, outside PR merge rates, and where prospective contributors might encounter bottlenecks.

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Maintainer Health CheckLive
Median Review Wait < 24h
Outside PR Merge Rate > 65%
Multiple Active Reviewers
Active Good First Issues

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Top welcoming ecosystems

Ranked by a composite index of maintainer merge velocity (70%) and active ecosystem opportunity depth (30%).

#1

1079 welcoming projects, avg 74% acceptance.

Tier Spread2970 repos
184 S895 A1264 B627 C/D
Welcoming
1079
Score
54.8 pts
#2

1235 welcoming projects, avg 72% acceptance.

Tier Spread3488 repos
167 S1068 A1506 B747 C/D
Welcoming
1235
Score
53.9 pts
#3

1499 welcoming projects, avg 71% acceptance.

Tier Spread4321 repos
236 S1263 A1638 B1184 C/D
Welcoming
1499
Score
51.5 pts
#4

520 welcoming projects, avg 78% acceptance.

Tier Spread1765 repos
94 S426 A760 B485 C/D
Welcoming
520
Score
49.5 pts
#5

766 welcoming projects, avg 72% acceptance.

Tier Spread2375 repos
102 S664 A951 B658 C/D
Welcoming
766
Score
49.3 pts
#6

843 welcoming projects, avg 71% acceptance.

Tier Spread2709 repos
108 S735 A977 B889 C/D
Welcoming
843
Score
46.8 pts
#7

364 welcoming projects, avg 78% acceptance.

Tier Spread1508 repos
47 S317 A728 B416 C/D
Welcoming
364
Score
46.3 pts
#8

363 welcoming projects, avg 76% acceptance.

Tier Spread1549 repos
60 S303 A770 B416 C/D
Welcoming
363
Score
46.1 pts
#9

1428 welcoming projects, avg 69% acceptance.

Tier Spread5193 repos
224 S1204 A2001 B1764 C/D
Welcoming
1428
Score
45.6 pts
#10

600 welcoming projects, avg 72% acceptance.

Tier Spread2647 repos
79 S521 A1167 B880 C/D
Welcoming
600
Score
43.0 pts

How GetMerged works

We query raw GitHub GraphQL event streams to compute real maintainer velocity metrics.

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Review Speed

We calculate how quickly maintainers post actionable reviews. Projects replying within 24 hours score highest.

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New Contributor Merge Rate

Measures the success rate of developers opening their very first PR, filtering out internal bot merges.

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Verified Reviews

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