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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 DavidHDev/react-bits got a first human reply in a median of 19.7 hours (45 pull requests, 17 April to 14 October 2026); 10% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,021 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 619 of 1,525 (the top 41%).

Key facts
Rank1,021 of 3,219
Score55.17
TierB
Median first reply19.7 hours
14-day no-reply share10%
First-timer rank619 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window17 April to 14 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,021 of 3,219
Score
55.17
Tier
B
Coverage
82% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 44.9 (coverage 68%), friction 33.6 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness86.0100%
Criticality43.535%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor43.4100%
Accessibility41.285%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.02317 April to 16 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/DavidHDev__react-bits.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.10.3%79.46820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/DavidHDev__react-bits.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.77.1%96.435—primaryraw/author_history/DavidHDev__react-bits.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.19.7 hours (0.8 days)82.14517 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/DavidHDev__react-bits.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.260.4 hours (10.8 days)51.85917 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/DavidHDev__react-bits.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.0.435143.5——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/DavidHDev__react-bits.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0674—primaryraw/commits_365d/DavidHDev__react-bits.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/DavidHDev__react-bits.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/DavidHDev__react-bits.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/DavidHDev__react-bits.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.74.838774.862—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/DavidHDev__react-bits.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.4.0%4.97617 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/DavidHDev__react-bits.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.63.2%100.019—primaryraw/author_history/DavidHDev__react-bits.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/DavidHDev__react-bits.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.012—primaryraw/author_history/DavidHDev__react-bits.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,021 of 3,21955.17BRated
First-timer619 of 1,52558.73BRated
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-assisted1,487 of 3,69652.80CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
be208e28791c429f1d88f383b3f3ae6a49da149491db587f365c17fb26407cd8

merges_without_return

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/2a.json, under the key DavidHDev/react-bits.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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