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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 cryptpad/cryptpad got a first human reply in a median of 20.6 days (40 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 52% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,808 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,515 of 1,525 (the bottom 1%).

Key facts
Rank2,808 of 3,219
Score38.05
TierD
Median first reply20.6 days (494.7 hours)
14-day no-reply share52%
First-timer rank1,515 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,808 of 3,219
Score
38.05
Tier
D
Coverage
79% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 44.7 (coverage 68%), friction 66.4 (coverage 94%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness25.4100%
Criticality48.635%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor34.4100%
Accessibility28.670%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.38.1%47.62118 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cryptpad__cryptpad.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.52.5%0.06120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cryptpad__cryptpad.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.53.9%67.313—primaryraw/author_history/cryptpad__cryptpad.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.494.7 hours (20.6 days)0.04018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cryptpad__cryptpad.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.3063.8 hours (127.7 days)0.25218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cryptpad__cryptpad.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.0.486348.6——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/cryptpad__cryptpad.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0988—primaryraw/commits_365d/cryptpad__cryptpad.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/cryptpad__cryptpad.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/cryptpad__cryptpad.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/cryptpad__cryptpad.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.34.838734.862—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/cryptpad__cryptpad.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.22.6%28.26218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cryptpad__cryptpad.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.28.6%57.17—primaryraw/author_history/cryptpad__cryptpad.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/cryptpad__cryptpad.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
Balanced2,808 of 3,21938.05DRated
First-timer1,515 of 1,52533.33DRated
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-assisted3,307 of 3,69637.28DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
59dc061c5970e23f1da251b323145a90ab312086fcb3c875ef8f4c6745f48d2d

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/97.json, under the key cryptpad/cryptpad.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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