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First human reply

30.3 days

typical wait for an outside pull request, from 41 measured.

What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 5 November 2026.

Outside pull requests to browseros-ai/BrowserOS got a first human reply in a median of 30.3 days (41 pull requests, 25 April to 22 October 2026); 5% got none within 14 days. It ranks 4,012 of 4,044 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank4,012 of 4,044
Score28.39
TierD
Median first reply30.3 days (726.7 hours)
14-day no-reply share5%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window25 April to 22 October 2026

Composite

Rank
4,012 of 4,044
Score
28.39
Tier
D
Coverage
81% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 22.0 (coverage 100%), friction 64.8 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness42.555%
Criticality20.3100%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor19.8100%
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: Collector failure
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.5.2%89.61,30427 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Collector failure
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.726.7 hours (30.3 days)0.04125 April to 22 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.2.3 hours (0.1 days)99.21,26625 April to 22 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.013.5——primaryraw/dependents/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.30 downloads a month3.0——primaryraw/downloads/npm__BrowserOS.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.406340.6——primaryraw/github_meta/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.02,778—primaryraw/commits_365d/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.18.666718.71,696—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.8%0.91,32025 April to 22 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.027—primaryraw/actions_runs/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/browseros-ai__BrowserOS.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced4,012 of 4,04428.39DRated
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-assisted3,998 of 4,00226.45DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
6ea7f5f08e891de2fa1e1275e8deafd01b57db74bc91ca2f772e11af7cbb1e47

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/18.json, under the key browseros-ai/BrowserOS.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). browseros-ai/BrowserOS. Snapshot 2026-11-05. https://porchlamp.org/projects/browseros-ai/browseros/. CC BY 4.0.

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