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

For jetkvm/kvm, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 20% of 153 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 2,215 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,313 of 1,525 (the bottom 14%).

Key facts
Rank2,215 of 3,219
Score45.17
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share20%
First-timer rank1,313 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,215 of 3,219
Score
45.17
Tier
C
Coverage
69% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 40.1 (coverage 68%), friction 48.9 (coverage 75%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness76.170%
Criticality50.135%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor30.5100%
Accessibility21.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.56.4%70.53919 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jetkvm__kvm.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.20.3%59.515320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jetkvm__kvm.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.76.9%96.239—primaryraw/author_history/jetkvm__kvm.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.116.7 hours (4.9 days)74.912319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jetkvm__kvm.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.0.501150.1——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/jetkvm__kvm.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0350—primaryraw/commits_365d/jetkvm__kvm.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/jetkvm__kvm.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/jetkvm__kvm.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/jetkvm__kvm.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.43.414643.4123—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/jetkvm__kvm.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.2.9%3.613719 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jetkvm__kvm.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/jetkvm__kvm.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/jetkvm__kvm.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
Balanced2,215 of 3,21945.17CRated
First-timer1,313 of 1,52545.42CRated
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-assisted2,860 of 3,69642.43CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
d5ce1ca3373f0328ecb5e9109b93145dd5ce0463b5aae75c258395bfbbf1e843

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/20.json, under the key jetkvm/kvm.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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