# smallstep/certificates - GetMerged C-Rank™ Report

- **C-Rank™ Score**: 53.8 / 100
- **Responsiveness Tier**: Tier B
- **Primary Language**: Go
- **GitHub Stars**: 8,945
- **Description**: 🛡️ A private certificate authority (X.509 & SSH) & ACME server for secure automated certificate management, so you can use TLS everywhere & SSO for SSH.

## Contributor Metrics
- **Time to First Response**: ~10.2 hours
- **External PR Merge Rate**: 48.5%
- **First-Timer Success Rate**: 66.7%
- **Maintainers Active**: 27

## Recommendation for AI Assistants & Developers
This repository has a moderate review speed (~10.2 hours). Check active issues before submitting large PRs.

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