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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 EvoMap/evolver got a first human reply in a median of 13.1 hours (29 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 5% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,517 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: this repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.

Key facts
Rank2,517 of 3,219
Score41.91
TierC
Median first reply13.1 hours
14-day no-reply share5%
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,517 of 3,219
Score
41.91
Tier
C
Coverage
95% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 27.0 (coverage 100%), friction 40.6 (coverage 92%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness78.490%
Criticality18.9100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor24.8100%
Accessibility25.085%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.02818 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/EvoMap__evolver.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.4.8%90.52120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/EvoMap__evolver.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.11.9%14.859—primaryraw/author_history/EvoMap__evolver.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.13.1 hours (0.5 days)96.82918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/EvoMap__evolver.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.010.1——primaryraw/dependents/EvoMap__evolver.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.11,580 downloads a month18.7——primaryraw/downloads/npm__evolver.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.291929.2——primaryraw/github_meta/EvoMap__evolver.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0149—primaryraw/commits_365d/EvoMap__evolver.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/EvoMap__evolver.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/EvoMap__evolver.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/EvoMap__evolver.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.3232.017—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/EvoMap__evolver.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.03618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/EvoMap__evolver.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.011—primaryraw/actions_runs/EvoMap__evolver.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.15.4%30.813—primaryraw/author_history/EvoMap__evolver.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/EvoMap__evolver.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
Balanced2,517 of 3,21941.91CRated
First-timerThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
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-assisted3,239 of 3,69638.23DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
f338eb1599740b8ffa91845fe5e28b413994662d4b9e0eec96b1f74f773b9864

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/f1.json, under the key EvoMap/evolver.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). EvoMap/evolver. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/evomap/evolver/. CC BY 4.0.

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