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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 code-charity/youtube got a first human reply in a median of 3.3 days (71 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 31% got none within 14 days. It ranks 810 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 361 of 1,525 (the top 24%).

Key facts
Rank810 of 3,219
Score56.94
TierB
Median first reply3.3 days (79.4 hours)
14-day no-reply share31%
First-timer rank361 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
810 of 3,219
Score
56.94
Tier
B
Coverage
84% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 47.1 (coverage 68%), friction 35.7 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness59.4100%
Criticality52.735%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor29.7100%
Accessibility84.2100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.74.2%92.813219 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/code-charity__youtube.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.31.3%37.520820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/code-charity__youtube.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.74.2%92.731—primaryraw/author_history/code-charity__youtube.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.79.4 hours (3.3 days)31.97119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/code-charity__youtube.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.597.9 hours (24.9 days)24.59819 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/code-charity__youtube.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.526952.7——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/code-charity__youtube.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0649—primaryraw/commits_365d/code-charity__youtube.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/code-charity__youtube.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/code-charity__youtube.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/code-charity__youtube.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.40.582540.6103—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/code-charity__youtube.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.3.8%4.718519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/code-charity__youtube.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/code-charity__youtube.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.64.3%100.014—primaryraw/author_history/code-charity__youtube.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.65100.0——primaryraw/gfi/code-charity__youtube.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.22.2%44.49—primaryraw/author_history/code-charity__youtube.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced810 of 3,21956.94BRated
First-timer361 of 1,52563.15BRated
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-assisted1,851 of 3,69650.10CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
cfe63aadc0380892f28dcd6cfaf997ceb470c83446c130f6b4cca791fb25f9f6

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/1c.json, under the key code-charity/youtube.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). code-charity/youtube. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/code-charity/youtube/. CC BY 4.0.

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