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boardgameio/boardgame.io

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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 boardgameio/boardgame.io got a first human reply in a median of 20 hours (33 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (8 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,224 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,224 of 3,219
Score53.49
TierC
Median first reply20 hours
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,224 of 3,219
Score
53.49
Tier
C
Coverage
78% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 52.3 (coverage 100%), friction 42.8 (coverage 60%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness73.940%
Criticality33.6100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor84.7100%
Accessibility25.550%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.20.0 hours (0.8 days)81.63318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/boardgameio__boardgame.io.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.268.4 hours (11.2 days)50.62018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/boardgameio__boardgame.io.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.3038.8——primaryraw/dependents/boardgameio__boardgame.io.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.34,357 downloads a month25.2——primaryraw/downloads/npm__boardgame.io.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.335933.6——primaryraw/github_meta/boardgameio__boardgame.io.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.038—primaryraw/commits_365d/boardgameio__boardgame.io.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/boardgameio__boardgame.io.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/boardgameio__boardgame.io.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/boardgameio__boardgame.io.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.9595.0——primaryraw/scorecard/boardgameio__boardgame.io.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.48.6%60.73518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/boardgameio__boardgame.io.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/boardgameio__boardgame.io.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/boardgameio__boardgame.io.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
Balanced1,224 of 3,21953.49CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
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-assisted525 of 3,69661.26BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
80ba57bc5158c84cc7bee75dc71609a99e7716d7ecc2201337587c9d53153e7d

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/f7.json, under the key boardgameio/boardgame.io.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). boardgameio/boardgame.io. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/boardgameio/boardgame.io/. CC BY 4.0.

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