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

Outside pull requests to lerna/lerna got a first human reply in a median of 3 days (18 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 23% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,492 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,383 of 1,525 (the bottom 10%).

Key facts
Rank1,492 of 3,219
Score51.44
TierC
Median first reply3 days (71.1 hours)
14-day no-reply share23%
First-timer rank1,383 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,492 of 3,219
Score
51.44
Tier
C
Coverage
86% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 61.6 (coverage 100%), friction 54.9 (coverage 78%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness46.375%
Criticality70.9100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor47.5100%
Accessibility21.050%

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.23.1%53.81320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/lerna__lerna.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.40.0%50.010—primaryraw/author_history/lerna__lerna.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.71.1 hours (3 days)35.81818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/lerna__lerna.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.203.6 hours (8.5 days)59.111118 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/lerna__lerna.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.7,32488.8——primaryraw/dependents/lerna__lerna.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.8.8 million downloads a month70.3——primaryraw/downloads/npm__lerna.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.509250.9——primaryraw/github_meta/lerna__lerna.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.095—primaryraw/commits_365d/lerna__lerna.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/lerna__lerna.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/lerna__lerna.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/lerna__lerna.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.47.547.5——primaryraw/scorecard/lerna__lerna.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.015918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/lerna__lerna.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.020—primaryraw/actions_runs/lerna__lerna.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/lerna__lerna.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
Balanced1,492 of 3,21951.44CRated
First-timer1,383 of 1,52543.24CRated
Career capital610 of 79851.93CRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,724 of 3,69651.06CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
39eab4b5efcba8cce97dfc2f68845e0508f681451b0aa739ef1a2d79d1c82557

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/5b.json, under the key lerna/lerna.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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