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

For kepano/defuddle, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 76% of 55 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (27 April to 24 October 2026). It ranks 3,723 of 4,044 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,825 of 1,904 (the bottom 5%).

Key facts
Rank3,723 of 4,044
Score39.76
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share76%
First-timer rank1,825 of 1,904
EcosystemJavaScript
Window27 April to 24 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,723 of 4,044
Score
39.76
Tier
D
Coverage
86% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 38.9 (coverage 88%), friction 58.1 (coverage 85%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness38.670%
Criticality33.175%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor40.6100%
Accessibility37.6100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.46.9%58.63227 April to 26 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kepano__defuddle.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.76.4%0.05527 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kepano__defuddle.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.42.6%53.247—primaryraw/author_history/kepano__defuddle.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.829.7 hours (34.6 days)17.01627 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kepano__defuddle.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.129.1——primaryraw/dependents/kepano__defuddle.json
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.0.377437.7——primaryraw/github_meta/kepano__defuddle.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0514—primaryraw/commits_365d/kepano__defuddle.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/kepano__defuddle.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/kepano__defuddle.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/kepano__defuddle.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.30.307730.326—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/kepano__defuddle.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.02327 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kepano__defuddle.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/kepano__defuddle.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.36.8%73.719—primaryraw/author_history/kepano__defuddle.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/kepano__defuddle.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.14.3%28.67—primaryraw/author_history/kepano__defuddle.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced3,723 of 4,04439.76DRated
First-timer1,825 of 1,90439.72DRated
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-assisted3,758 of 4,00239.89DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
9be7484b7d045c652451b9ec6287062167925c6ae0694af804a1dfbb3707bd11

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/d0.json, under the key kepano/defuddle.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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