PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-10-17

What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

For HabitRPG/habitica, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 7 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,922 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
Rank2,922 of 3,219
Score35.93
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window—

Composite

Rank
2,922 of 3,219
Score
35.93
Tier
D
Coverage
62% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 46.2 (coverage 68%), friction 71.3 (coverage 57%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness19.220%
Criticality53.035%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor32.0100%
Accessibility19.885%

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.15.4%19.213—primaryraw/author_history/HabitRPG__habitica.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
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.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.0.529853.0——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/HabitRPG__habitica.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0288—primaryraw/commits_365d/HabitRPG__habitica.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/HabitRPG__habitica.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/HabitRPG__habitica.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/HabitRPG__habitica.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5050.0——primaryraw/scorecard/HabitRPG__habitica.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.01418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/HabitRPG__habitica.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/HabitRPG__habitica.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.5.9%11.817—primaryraw/author_history/HabitRPG__habitica.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/HabitRPG__habitica.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
Balanced2,922 of 3,21935.93DRated
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-assisted3,437 of 3,69635.20DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
1996a87bc8b28c8fe12d88d17a4c08810e61e5d9b5df76e4eb6998ba0323a9fc

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/fc.json, under the key HabitRPG/habitica.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). HabitRPG/habitica. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/habitrpg/habitica/. CC BY 4.0.

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