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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

For dcastil/tailwind-merge, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 7 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,153 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,231 of 1,525 (the bottom 20%).

Key facts
Rank1,153 of 3,219
Score54.01
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rank1,231 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window—

Composite

Rank
1,153 of 3,219
Score
54.01
Tier
C
Coverage
75% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 59.3 (coverage 100%), friction 47.7 (coverage 55%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness68.230%
Criticality69.9100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor47.5100%
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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.66.7%83.36—primaryraw/author_history/dcastil__tailwind-merge.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.404.6 hours (16.9 days)38.02219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dcastil__tailwind-merge.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1,25376.0——primaryraw/dependents/dcastil__tailwind-merge.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.358.4 million downloads a month95.6——primaryraw/downloads/npm__tailwind-merge.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.44644.6——primaryraw/github_meta/dcastil__tailwind-merge.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0356—primaryraw/commits_365d/dcastil__tailwind-merge.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/dcastil__tailwind-merge.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/dcastil__tailwind-merge.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/dcastil__tailwind-merge.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.47.547.5——primaryraw/scorecard/dcastil__tailwind-merge.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.03219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dcastil__tailwind-merge.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.028—primaryraw/actions_runs/dcastil__tailwind-merge.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/dcastil__tailwind-merge.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
Balanced1,153 of 3,21954.01CRated
First-timer1,231 of 1,52547.70CRated
Career capital565 of 79853.43CRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,395 of 3,69653.33CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
d4a1db306cf9b4a2b8e6a4035b8e3f0a93475cf9415b415623b8aafae7ed5131

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/16.json, under the key dcastil/tailwind-merge.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). dcastil/tailwind-merge. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/dcastil/tailwind-merge/. CC BY 4.0.

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