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

For hustcc/timeago.js, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 5 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,171 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,171 of 3,219
Score53.87
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window—

Composite

Rank
1,171 of 3,219
Score
53.87
Tier
C
Coverage
61% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 46.1 (coverage 93%), friction 31.9 (coverage 32%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness97.610%
Criticality48.5100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor30.0100%
Accessibility0.035%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.4.8 hours (0.2 days)97.61219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/hustcc__timeago.js.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.24158.6——primaryraw/dependents/hustcc__timeago.js.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.1.3 million downloads a month51.5——primaryraw/downloads/npm__timeago.js.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.348534.8——primaryraw/github_meta/hustcc__timeago.js.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/hustcc__timeago.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/hustcc__timeago.js.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/hustcc__timeago.js.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.4545.0——primaryraw/scorecard/hustcc__timeago.js.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.01219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/hustcc__timeago.js.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/hustcc__timeago.js.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
Balanced1,171 of 3,21953.87CRated
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 systems667 of 1,27653.67CRated
AI-assisted1,957 of 3,69649.36CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
17c85130efead3ffd9e03d2d89efab71b495f996b1da27f31a2f895e05b9d1ce

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/a8.json, under the key hustcc/timeago.js.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). hustcc/timeago.js. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/hustcc/timeago.js/. CC BY 4.0.

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