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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 eclipse-theia/theia got a first human reply in a median of 3.2 days (297 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 22% got none within 14 days. It ranks 993 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 274 of 1,525 (the top 18%).

Key facts
Rank993 of 3,219
Score55.44
TierB
Median first reply3.2 days (75.9 hours)
14-day no-reply share22%
First-timer rank274 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
993 of 3,219
Score
55.44
Tier
B
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 45.0 (coverage 100%), friction 38.1 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness57.280%
Criticality26.4100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor72.4100%
Accessibility90.650%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.91.1%100.015810 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/eclipse-theia__theia.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.21.7%56.727720 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/eclipse-theia__theia.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.75.9 hours (3.2 days)33.529710 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/eclipse-theia__theia.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.654.8 hours (27.3 days)21.926410 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/eclipse-theia__theia.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.010.1——primaryraw/dependents/eclipse-theia__theia.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.29,149 downloads a month24.5——primaryraw/downloads/npm__theia.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.46346.3——primaryraw/github_meta/eclipse-theia__theia.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0899—primaryraw/commits_365d/eclipse-theia__theia.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/eclipse-theia__theia.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/eclipse-theia__theia.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/eclipse-theia__theia.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.47.547.5——primaryraw/scorecard/eclipse-theia__theia.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.66.3%82.929110 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/eclipse-theia__theia.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.68.62568.624—primaryraw/actions_runs/eclipse-theia__theia.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.19100.0——primaryraw/gfi/eclipse-theia__theia.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
Balanced993 of 3,21955.44BRated
First-timer274 of 1,52564.64B (capped)Rated
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-assisted745 of 3,69658.68BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
111c31b4c031aed85a83615b745bbc280e95c44ade2c8b1bfa4fb112647e5e12

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/36.json, under the key eclipse-theia/theia.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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