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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 citrolabs/ego-lite got a first human reply in a median of 2.3 hours (41 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 40% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,798 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,798 of 3,219
Score48.90
TierC
Median first reply2.3 hours
14-day no-reply share40%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,798 of 3,219
Score
48.90
Tier
C
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 35.8 (coverage 100%), friction 34.7 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness84.980%
Criticality17.1100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor51.4100%
Accessibility25.550%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.01610 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/citrolabs__ego-lite.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.39.8%20.517120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/citrolabs__ego-lite.json
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.2.3 hours (0.1 days)100.04110 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/citrolabs__ego-lite.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1.8 hours (0.1 days)98.79010 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/citrolabs__ego-lite.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.010.1——primaryraw/dependents/citrolabs__ego-lite.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.140 downloads a month5.7——primaryraw/downloads/npm__ego-lite.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.333633.4——primaryraw/github_meta/citrolabs__ego-lite.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0402—primaryraw/commits_365d/citrolabs__ego-lite.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/citrolabs__ego-lite.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/citrolabs__ego-lite.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/citrolabs__ego-lite.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.55.744755.7141—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/citrolabs__ego-lite.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.1.6%1.912810 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/citrolabs__ego-lite.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/citrolabs__ego-lite.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/citrolabs__ego-lite.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
Balanced1,798 of 3,21948.90CRated
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-assisted1,877 of 3,69649.84CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
b49e81e25b45e537d63bfa7abf03b4441aec6a3b684e40fcb22845358e03738f

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/0c.json, under the key citrolabs/ego-lite.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). citrolabs/ego-lite. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/citrolabs/ego-lite/. CC BY 4.0.

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