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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 electric-sql/pglite got a first human reply in a median of 9 days (25 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 63% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,588 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,413 of 1,525 (the bottom 8%).

Key facts
Rank2,588 of 3,219
Score41.26
TierC
Median first reply9 days (215.8 hours)
14-day no-reply share63%
First-timer rank1,413 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,588 of 3,219
Score
41.26
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 39.3 (coverage 100%), friction 56.3 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness38.9100%
Criticality39.2100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor32.0100%
Accessibility45.5100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.66.7%83.31510 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/electric-sql__pglite.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.63.3%0.04920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/electric-sql__pglite.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.66.7%83.321—primaryraw/author_history/electric-sql__pglite.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.215.8 hours (9 days)0.02510 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/electric-sql__pglite.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.845.7 hours (35.2 days)14.03510 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/electric-sql__pglite.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.010.1——primaryraw/dependents/electric-sql__pglite.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.89.3 million downloads a month86.8——primaryraw/downloads/npm__pglite.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.385338.5——primaryraw/github_meta/electric-sql__pglite.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.099—primaryraw/commits_365d/electric-sql__pglite.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/electric-sql__pglite.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/electric-sql__pglite.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/electric-sql__pglite.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.43.428643.463—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/electric-sql__pglite.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.7.0%8.74310 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/electric-sql__pglite.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/electric-sql__pglite.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.55.6%100.018—primaryraw/author_history/electric-sql__pglite.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/electric-sql__pglite.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.010—primaryraw/author_history/electric-sql__pglite.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,588 of 3,21941.26CRated
First-timer1,413 of 1,52541.96CRated
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-assisted3,189 of 3,69638.95DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
ab2284b2c8d9e9857ffb2ba25b9e602191105f8b93665913a6a0cf87d68e793f

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/4c.json, under the key electric-sql/pglite.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). electric-sql/pglite. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/electric-sql/pglite/. CC BY 4.0.

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