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First human reply

4.6 days

typical wait for an outside pull request, from 30 measured.

What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 5 November 2026.

Outside pull requests to karakeep-app/karakeep got a first human reply in a median of 4.6 days (30 pull requests, 22 April to 19 October 2026); 62% got none within 14 days. It ranks 3,484 of 4,044 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,615 of 1,904 (the bottom 16%).

Key facts
Rank3,484 of 4,044
Score43.08
TierC
Median first reply4.6 days (109.4 hours)
14-day no-reply share62%
First-timer rank1,615 of 1,904
EcosystemJavaScript
Window22 April to 19 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,484 of 4,044
Score
43.08
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 38.2 (coverage 100%), friction 53.1 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness39.2100%
Criticality22.6100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor56.0100%
Accessibility60.7100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.57.1%71.44922 April to 21 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/karakeep-app__karakeep.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.62.2%0.011127 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/karakeep-app__karakeep.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.56.7%70.830—primaryraw/author_history/karakeep-app__karakeep.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.109.4 hours (4.6 days)20.33022 April to 19 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/karakeep-app__karakeep.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1039.1 hours (43.3 days)11.24522 April to 19 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/karakeep-app__karakeep.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.013.5——primaryraw/dependents/karakeep-app__karakeep.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.669 downloads a month8.5——primaryraw/downloads/npm__karakeep.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.432643.3——primaryraw/github_meta/karakeep-app__karakeep.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0929—primaryraw/commits_365d/karakeep-app__karakeep.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/karakeep-app__karakeep.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/karakeep-app__karakeep.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/karakeep-app__karakeep.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.41.395341.4129—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/karakeep-app__karakeep.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.29.2%36.56522 April to 19 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/karakeep-app__karakeep.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.026—primaryraw/actions_runs/karakeep-app__karakeep.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.37.5%75.016—primaryraw/author_history/karakeep-app__karakeep.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.440.0——primaryraw/gfi/karakeep-app__karakeep.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.33.3%66.76—primaryraw/author_history/karakeep-app__karakeep.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced3,484 of 4,04443.08CRated
First-timer1,615 of 1,90447.40CRated
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-assisted3,346 of 4,00245.63CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
049d7d3cc6a88db0d88a4c6327c44677c332e6c2e10d2e3f23fd71d49650514c

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/ab.json, under the key karakeep-app/karakeep.

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