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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 chromiumembedded/cef got a first human reply in a median of 37.9 hours (18 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 5% got none within 14 days. It ranks 865 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 506 of 1,525 (the top 34%).

Key facts
Rank865 of 3,219
Score56.41
TierB
Median first reply37.9 hours
14-day no-reply share5%
First-timer rank506 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
865 of 3,219
Score
56.41
Tier
B
Coverage
96% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 47.5 (coverage 100%), friction 35.4 (coverage 94%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness75.7100%
Criticality48.2100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor44.3100%
Accessibility57.970%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.87.5%100.01619 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/chromiumembedded__cef.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.5.1%89.97920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/chromiumembedded__cef.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.57.1%71.414—primaryraw/author_history/chromiumembedded__cef.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.37.9 hours (1.6 days)58.51819 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/chromiumembedded__cef.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.330.8 hours (13.8 days)54.16219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/chromiumembedded__cef.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Not applicable
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.0.48248.2——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/chromiumembedded__cef.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0359—primaryraw/commits_365d/chromiumembedded__cef.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/chromiumembedded__cef.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/chromiumembedded__cef.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/chromiumembedded__cef.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.32.532.5——primaryraw/scorecard/chromiumembedded__cef.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.7.5%9.48019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/chromiumembedded__cef.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.42.9%85.77—primaryraw/author_history/chromiumembedded__cef.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.330.0——primaryraw/gfi/chromiumembedded__cef.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
Balanced865 of 3,21956.41BRated
First-timer506 of 1,52560.69BRated
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-assisted1,355 of 3,69653.66CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
98a7fd9160137ceff9193fb7b080b27336c78921637946e40e2119fa4f52d4ac

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/56.json, under the key chromiumembedded/cef.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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