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First human reply

5.3 days

typical wait for an outside pull request, from 48 measured.

What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 5 November 2026.

Outside pull requests to freelensapp/freelens got a first human reply in a median of 5.3 days (48 pull requests, 23 April to 20 October 2026); 42% got none within 14 days. It ranks 3,385 of 4,044 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,771 of 1,904 (the bottom 8%).

Key facts
Rank3,385 of 4,044
Score44.34
TierC
Median first reply5.3 days (126.4 hours)
14-day no-reply share42%
First-timer rank1,771 of 1,904
EcosystemJavaScript
Window23 April to 20 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,385 of 4,044
Score
44.34
Tier
C
Coverage
65% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 52.0 (coverage 68%), friction 64.5 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness15.455%
Criticality51.435%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor53.9100%
Accessibility63.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.41.7%16.76027 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/freelensapp__freelens.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.126.4 hours (5.3 days)15.14823 April to 20 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/freelensapp__freelens.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.937.5 hours (39.1 days)14.52723 April to 20 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/freelensapp__freelens.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.513951.4——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/freelensapp__freelens.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0566—primaryraw/commits_365d/freelensapp__freelens.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/freelensapp__freelens.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/freelensapp__freelens.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/freelensapp__freelens.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.17.606917.6658—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/freelensapp__freelens.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.49.1%61.35323 April to 20 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/freelensapp__freelens.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.011—primaryraw/actions_runs/freelensapp__freelens.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.660.0——primaryraw/gfi/freelensapp__freelens.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
Balanced3,385 of 4,04444.34CRated
First-timer1,771 of 1,90442.40CRated
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-assisted3,296 of 4,00246.11CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
ddfc826722361d353609d994f6f64e40044fea79f8386d2bf156f81ab6e5b0ec

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/cb.json, under the key freelensapp/freelens.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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