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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 dmno-dev/varlock got a first human reply in a median of 2.2 hours (55 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 0% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,199 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,199 of 3,219
Score53.64
TierC
Median first reply2.2 hours
14-day no-reply share0%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,199 of 3,219
Score
53.64
Tier
C
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 40.9 (coverage 100%), friction 31.1 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness97.280%
Criticality30.9100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor51.2100%
Accessibility25.550%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.90.0%100.02019 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dmno-dev__varlock.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.0.0%100.03920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dmno-dev__varlock.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Collector failure
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.2.2 hours (0.1 days)100.05519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dmno-dev__varlock.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.98.5 hours (4.1 days)78.04319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dmno-dev__varlock.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.010.1——primaryraw/dependents/dmno-dev__varlock.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.1.1 million downloads a month50.3——primaryraw/downloads/npm__varlock.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.407540.8——primaryraw/github_meta/dmno-dev__varlock.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0574—primaryraw/commits_365d/dmno-dev__varlock.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/dmno-dev__varlock.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/dmno-dev__varlock.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/dmno-dev__varlock.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.46.790746.8387—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/dmno-dev__varlock.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.10.6%13.28519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dmno-dev__varlock.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.014—primaryraw/actions_runs/dmno-dev__varlock.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/dmno-dev__varlock.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,199 of 3,21953.64CRated
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-assisted1,352 of 3,69653.67CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
39ccf75d58f6edac9e5facb42a9cd8db327fd7e1aec57fa0e49d292be06c430a

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/3a.json, under the key dmno-dev/varlock.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). dmno-dev/varlock. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/dmno-dev/varlock/. CC BY 4.0.

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