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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 emberjs/ember.js got a first human reply in a median of 6.9 hours (231 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 41% got none within 14 days. It ranks 485 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank485 of 3,219
Score60.20
TierB
Median first reply6.9 hours
14-day no-reply share41%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
485 of 3,219
Score
60.20
Tier
B
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 62.1 (coverage 100%), friction 38.5 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness76.280%
Criticality67.2100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor55.4100%
Accessibility28.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.82.1%100.06710 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/emberjs__ember.js.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.41.3%17.320820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/emberjs__ember.js.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.6.9 hours (0.3 days)100.023110 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/emberjs__ember.js.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.475.7 hours (19.8 days)33.416710 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/emberjs__ember.js.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.3,96885.4——primaryraw/dependents/emberjs__ember.js.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.1.4 million downloads a month52.0——primaryraw/downloads/npm__ember.js.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.571557.1——primaryraw/github_meta/emberjs__ember.js.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0938—primaryraw/commits_365d/emberjs__ember.js.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/emberjs__ember.js.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/emberjs__ember.js.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/emberjs__ember.js.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.87.587.5——primaryraw/scorecard/emberjs__ember.js.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.22.5%28.128010 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/emberjs__ember.js.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.024—primaryraw/actions_runs/emberjs__ember.js.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.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/emberjs__ember.js.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
Balanced485 of 3,21960.20BRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capital382 of 79858.77BRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted648 of 3,69659.75BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
57c13293998dfc3709964de64231b039f2c7a70c6d19ffab137da135881e69be

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/a3.json, under the key emberjs/ember.js.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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