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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 asciimoo/hister got a first human reply in a median of 1.7 hours (105 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 7% got none within 14 days. It ranks 845 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 132 of 1,525 (the top 9%).

Key facts
Rank845 of 3,219
Score56.60
TierB
Median first reply1.7 hours
14-day no-reply share7%
First-timer rank132 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
845 of 3,219
Score
56.60
Tier
B
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 34.7 (coverage 100%), friction 23.0 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness97.2100%
Criticality27.3100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor36.5100%
Accessibility66.0100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.97.0%100.03319 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/asciimoo__hister.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.6.6%86.89120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/asciimoo__hister.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.78.3%97.846—primaryraw/author_history/asciimoo__hister.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.1.7 hours (0.1 days)100.010519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/asciimoo__hister.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.16.6 hours (0.7 days)96.620319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/asciimoo__hister.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.5——primaryraw/dependents/asciimoo__hister.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.0.407340.7——primaryraw/github_meta/asciimoo__hister.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0921—primaryraw/commits_365d/asciimoo__hister.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/asciimoo__hister.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/asciimoo__hister.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/asciimoo__hister.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.54.823554.8204—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/asciimoo__hister.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.6.8%8.522019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/asciimoo__hister.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.018—primaryraw/actions_runs/asciimoo__hister.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.80.0%100.020—primaryraw/author_history/asciimoo__hister.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.220.0——primaryraw/gfi/asciimoo__hister.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.37.5%75.016—primaryraw/author_history/asciimoo__hister.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced845 of 3,21956.60BRated
First-timer132 of 1,52567.79BRated
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-assisted1,607 of 3,69651.85CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
92c1a416514547f1d51a472e2f9636c6fcb2d0ec94e54ff77e923a7dd66d9960

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/ec.json, under the key asciimoo/hister.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). asciimoo/hister. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/asciimoo/hister/. CC BY 4.0.

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