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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 marcelscruz/public-apis got a first human reply in a median of 3.1 hours (391 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 33% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,071 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,071 of 3,219
Score54.70
TierC
Median first reply3.1 hours
14-day no-reply share33%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,071 of 3,219
Score
54.70
Tier
C
Coverage
69% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 56.0 (coverage 68%), friction 38.9 (coverage 77%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness76.180%
Criticality50.335%
Governance76.8100%
Rigor51.7100%
Accessibility0.035%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.88.4%100.010318 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/marcelscruz__public-apis.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.33.4%33.132020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/marcelscruz__public-apis.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Collector failure
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.3.1 hours (0.1 days)100.039118 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/marcelscruz__public-apis.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1081.5 hours (45.1 days)8.833318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/marcelscruz__public-apis.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
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.0.503450.3——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/marcelscruz__public-apis.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.56100.0537—primaryraw/commits_365d/marcelscruz__public-apis.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/marcelscruz__public-apis.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/marcelscruz__public-apis.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/marcelscruz__public-apis.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.91.556991.6334—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/marcelscruz__public-apis.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.8.2%10.242918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/marcelscruz__public-apis.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/marcelscruz__public-apis.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,071 of 3,21954.70CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems458 of 1,27658.55B (capped)Rated
AI-assisted1,198 of 3,69654.88CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
d146419eef867cdcc67f0a96739b097eaa13032d4812ce1849e5e2269cc4bcbb

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/3d.json, under the key marcelscruz/public-apis.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). marcelscruz/public-apis. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/marcelscruz/public-apis/. CC BY 4.0.

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