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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 electron/fiddle got a first human reply in a median of 2.3 hours (67 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (3 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,440 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,440 of 3,219
Score51.78
TierC
Median first reply2.3 hours
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,440 of 3,219
Score
51.78
Tier
C
Coverage
83% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 35.6 (coverage 100%), friction 29.8 (coverage 67%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness98.540%
Criticality22.9100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor46.6100%
Accessibility28.885%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.2.3 hours (0.1 days)100.06718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/electron__fiddle.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.18.6 hours (0.8 days)94.05818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/electron__fiddle.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.225.5——primaryraw/dependents/electron__fiddle.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.266 downloads a month6.7——primaryraw/downloads/npm__fiddle.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.315731.6——primaryraw/github_meta/electron__fiddle.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0118—primaryraw/commits_365d/electron__fiddle.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/electron__fiddle.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/electron__fiddle.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/electron__fiddle.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.8585.0——primaryraw/scorecard/electron__fiddle.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.1.7%2.15918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/electron__fiddle.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.023—primaryraw/actions_runs/electron__fiddle.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.20.0%40.05—primaryraw/author_history/electron__fiddle.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/electron__fiddle.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
Balanced1,440 of 3,21951.78CRated
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-assisted1,722 of 3,69651.07CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
8a3c9da7cc9f279739da19479fa598a8f12b316599cc20141e65e285ae8bc724

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/54.json, under the key electron/fiddle.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). electron/fiddle. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/electron/fiddle/. CC BY 4.0.

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