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

For johnste/finicky, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 60% of 10 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 2,338 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,121 of 1,525 (the bottom 27%).

Key facts
Rank2,338 of 3,219
Score43.99
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share60%
First-timer rank1,121 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,338 of 3,219
Score
43.99
Tier
C
Coverage
77% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 33.2 (coverage 91%), friction 45.6 (coverage 65%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness57.135%
Criticality23.1100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor38.670%
Accessibility53.585%

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.60.0%0.01020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/johnste__finicky.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.83.3%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/johnste__finicky.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.015.5——primaryraw/dependents/johnste__finicky.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Not applicable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.318931.9——primaryraw/github_meta/johnste__finicky.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.031—primaryraw/commits_365d/johnste__finicky.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/johnste__finicky.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/johnste__finicky.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/johnste__finicky.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.37.537.5——primaryraw/scorecard/johnste__finicky.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.021—primaryraw/actions_runs/johnste__finicky.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.80.0%100.05—primaryraw/author_history/johnste__finicky.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/johnste__finicky.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
Balanced2,338 of 3,21943.99CRated
First-timer1,121 of 1,52549.80CRated
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-assisted2,857 of 3,69642.48CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
008055392f3c8a5024726752686a731b1a7bb90f3f3712bcd09dfd7e801ea2b8

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/30.json, under the key johnste/finicky.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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