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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 jarrodwatts/claude-hud got a first human reply in a median of 2.6 days (73 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 17% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,766 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
Rank1,766 of 3,219
Score49.15
TierC
Median first reply2.6 days (61.5 hours)
14-day no-reply share17%
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
1,766 of 3,219
Score
49.15
Tier
C
Coverage
76% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 49.9 (coverage 68%), friction 47.8 (coverage 90%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness60.4100%
Criticality47.335%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor48.2100%
Accessibility21.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.07918 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.16.7%66.712020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.36.8%46.057—primaryraw/author_history/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.61.5 hours (2.6 days)41.07318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.393.6 hours (16.4 days)39.111518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.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.0.472547.3——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0627—primaryraw/commits_365d/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.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/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.36.520736.5169—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.13.6%16.917718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.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.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/jarrodwatts__claude-hud.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
Balanced1,766 of 3,21949.15CRated
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-assisted1,956 of 3,69649.39CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
fc89570b12b1351ce18932c29c87db7d1128be75cd8856e6dffb74ece8e0960d

No suspicion flags on this repository.

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