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

For junegunn/fzf, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,625 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,045 of 1,525 (the bottom 32%).

Key facts
Rank1,625 of 3,219
Score50.27
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rank1,045 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window—

Composite

Rank
1,625 of 3,219
Score
50.27
Tier
C
Coverage
83% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 46.2 (coverage 100%), friction 45.4 (coverage 65%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness59.830%
Criticality53.0100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor32.0100%
Accessibility47.8100%

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.48.2%60.227—primaryraw/author_history/junegunn__fzf.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.280.6 hours (11.7 days)59.11117 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/junegunn__fzf.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1859.1——primaryraw/dependents/junegunn__fzf.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.0.460146.0——primaryraw/github_meta/junegunn__fzf.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0317—primaryraw/commits_365d/junegunn__fzf.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/junegunn__fzf.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/junegunn__fzf.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/junegunn__fzf.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5050.0——primaryraw/scorecard/junegunn__fzf.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.01917 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/junegunn__fzf.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.024—primaryraw/actions_runs/junegunn__fzf.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.52.6%100.019—primaryraw/author_history/junegunn__fzf.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/junegunn__fzf.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.010—primaryraw/author_history/junegunn__fzf.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,625 of 3,21950.27CRated
First-timer1,045 of 1,52551.34CRated
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-assisted2,420 of 3,69646.12CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e0c385b4d6bc0c369222ff2a0a1ba6eee8c2b1dee98498b170499ee58e408c30

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/cc.json, under the key junegunn/fzf.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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