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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 coder/code-server got a first human reply in a median of 3.5 days (127 pull requests, 17 April to 14 October 2026); 2% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,518 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 878 of 1,525 (the bottom 43%).

Key facts
Rank1,518 of 3,219
Score51.21
TierC
Median first reply3.5 days (83.1 hours)
14-day no-reply share2%
First-timer rank878 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window17 April to 14 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,518 of 3,219
Score
51.21
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 44.0 (coverage 100%), friction 40.7 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness62.9100%
Criticality33.6100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor51.0100%
Accessibility50.5100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.83.3%100.01817 April to 16 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/coder__code-server.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.2.1%95.84820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/coder__code-server.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.45.0%56.320—primaryraw/author_history/coder__code-server.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.83.1 hours (3.5 days)30.212717 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/coder__code-server.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.488.7 hours (20.4 days)32.110717 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/coder__code-server.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.428.5——primaryraw/dependents/coder__code-server.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.27,127 downloads a month24.0——primaryraw/downloads/npm__code-server.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.463746.4——primaryraw/github_meta/coder__code-server.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0204—primaryraw/commits_365d/coder__code-server.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/coder__code-server.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/coder__code-server.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/coder__code-server.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.90.236690.2155—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/coder__code-server.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.7.8%9.714217 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/coder__code-server.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/coder__code-server.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.50.0%100.012—primaryraw/author_history/coder__code-server.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/coder__code-server.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.16.7%33.36—primaryraw/author_history/coder__code-server.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,518 of 3,21951.21CRated
First-timer878 of 1,52554.51CRated
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-assisted1,718 of 3,69651.09CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
80f37396c0ffe1810b6f5d86728cdda9a404c2fdd7bc91d9c463f4a7ece27e7b

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/44.json, under the key coder/code-server.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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