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

For cocos/cocos-engine, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 67% of 46 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (27 April to 24 October 2026). It ranks 3,829 of 4,044 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank3,829 of 4,044
Score37.01
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share67%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemC and C++
Window27 April to 24 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,829 of 4,044
Score
37.01
Tier
D
Coverage
74% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 43.0 (coverage 100%), friction 64.3 (coverage 53%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness22.225%
Criticality43.1100%
Governance68.0100%
Rigor26.2100%
Accessibility21.050%

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.67.4%0.04627 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cocos__cocos-engine.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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.338.1 hours (14.1 days)55.62327 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cocos__cocos-engine.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.0.430843.1——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/cocos__cocos-engine.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.375.058—primaryraw/commits_365d/cocos__cocos-engine.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/cocos__cocos-engine.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/cocos__cocos-engine.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/cocos__cocos-engine.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.35.536235.523—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/cocos__cocos-engine.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.02427 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cocos__cocos-engine.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.015—primaryraw/actions_runs/cocos__cocos-engine.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/cocos__cocos-engine.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
Balanced3,829 of 4,04437.01DRated
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 systems960 of 98641.71CRated
AI-assisted3,924 of 4,00234.54DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
75e8456d2d4ed6d6eacbf01683dddae308f33c4b971468abf60586975b0dc430

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/f6.json, under the key cocos/cocos-engine.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). cocos/cocos-engine. Snapshot 2026-11-05. https://porchlamp.org/projects/cocos/cocos-engine/. CC BY 4.0.

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