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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 dataelement/dsh-desktop got a first human reply in a median of 4.1 days (16 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 10% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,590 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,590 of 3,219
Score41.24
TierC
Median first reply4.1 days (99.0 hours)
14-day no-reply share10%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,590 of 3,219
Score
41.24
Tier
C
Coverage
65% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 42.3 (coverage 68%), friction 56.3 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness51.155%
Criticality41.935%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor37.6100%
Accessibility15.050%

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.10.2%79.726620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dataelement__dsh-desktop.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.99.0 hours (4.1 days)23.91618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dataelement__dsh-desktop.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.36.8 hours (1.5 days)89.822718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dataelement__dsh-desktop.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.0.418941.9——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/dataelement__dsh-desktop.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0554—primaryraw/commits_365d/dataelement__dsh-desktop.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/dataelement__dsh-desktop.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/dataelement__dsh-desktop.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/dataelement__dsh-desktop.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.22.850222.9327—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/dataelement__dsh-desktop.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.029618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dataelement__dsh-desktop.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/dataelement__dsh-desktop.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/dataelement__dsh-desktop.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
Balanced2,590 of 3,21941.24CRated
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 systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted3,009 of 3,69640.85CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
ffef495d247e4129256346be3a0306fbaf42e8447e7a3d315181946ac852c584

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/a7.json, under the key dataelement/dsh-desktop.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). dataelement/dsh-desktop. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/dataelement/dsh-desktop/. CC BY 4.0.

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