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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 dail8859/NotepadNext got a first human reply in a median of 2.3 days (29 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 20% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,584 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 917 of 1,525 (the bottom 40%).

Key facts
Rank1,584 of 3,219
Score50.62
TierC
Median first reply2.3 days (56.2 hours)
14-day no-reply share20%
First-timer rank917 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,584 of 3,219
Score
50.62
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 42.7 (coverage 100%), friction 41.6 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness66.0100%
Criticality46.8100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor30.7100%
Accessibility51.5100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.90.0%100.02018 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dail8859__NotepadNext.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.20.0%60.04020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dail8859__NotepadNext.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.55.0%68.820—primaryraw/author_history/dail8859__NotepadNext.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.56.2 hours (2.3 days)44.32918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dail8859__NotepadNext.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.388.8 hours (16.2 days)49.52818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dail8859__NotepadNext.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.0.467946.8——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/dail8859__NotepadNext.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0132—primaryraw/commits_365d/dail8859__NotepadNext.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/dail8859__NotepadNext.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/dail8859__NotepadNext.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/dail8859__NotepadNext.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.38.871838.939—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/dail8859__NotepadNext.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.8.3%10.44818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dail8859__NotepadNext.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/dail8859__NotepadNext.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.83.3%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/dail8859__NotepadNext.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/dail8859__NotepadNext.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.20.0%40.05—primaryraw/author_history/dail8859__NotepadNext.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,584 of 3,21950.62CRated
First-timer917 of 1,52553.87CRated
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-assisted2,434 of 3,69646.02CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
b8b6a05671ade51983b6a838d2b7a30d1eb5f09db96461bb97812ef51dfd3f96

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/d2.json, under the key dail8859/NotepadNext.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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