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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 ampproject/amphtml got a first human reply in a median of 11.8 days (19 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 68% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,731 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,521 of 1,525 (the bottom 1%).

Key facts
Rank2,731 of 3,219
Score39.37
TierD
Median first reply11.8 days (283.2 hours)
14-day no-reply share68%
First-timer rank1,521 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,731 of 3,219
Score
39.37
Tier
D
Coverage
82% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 49.0 (coverage 68%), friction 66.1 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness28.8100%
Criticality44.335%
Governance55.8100%
Rigor52.3100%
Accessibility14.085%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.50.0%62.51618 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ampproject__amphtml.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.68.4%0.01920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ampproject__amphtml.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.50.0%62.56—primaryraw/author_history/ampproject__amphtml.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.283.2 hours (11.8 days)0.01918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ampproject__amphtml.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1294.5 hours (53.9 days)6.81718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ampproject__amphtml.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.0.443144.3——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/ampproject__amphtml.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.4100.034—primaryraw/commits_365d/ampproject__amphtml.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/ampproject__amphtml.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/ampproject__amphtml.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/ampproject__amphtml.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.9696.0——primaryraw/scorecard/ampproject__amphtml.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.5.0%6.32018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/ampproject__amphtml.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/ampproject__amphtml.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.6.3%12.516—primaryraw/author_history/ampproject__amphtml.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/ampproject__amphtml.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
Balanced2,731 of 3,21939.37DRated
First-timer1,521 of 1,52532.30DRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems956 of 1,27644.92CRated
AI-assisted2,829 of 3,69642.68CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e2ec34bef266da6ec225610c1ec69280168708dc1bc3d82afc66e0aa8aee1457

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/5d.json, under the key ampproject/amphtml.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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