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

For mozilla/readability, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 60% of 10 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 3,139 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank3,139 of 3,219
Score28.91
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share60%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,139 of 3,219
Score
28.91
Tier
D
Coverage
62% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 45.0 (coverage 93%), friction 80.7 (coverage 34%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness0.015%
Criticality44.9100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor32.3100%
Accessibility0.035%

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.60.0%0.01020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mozilla__readability.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.8447.7——primaryraw/dependents/mozilla__readability.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.13.2 million downloads a month73.2——primaryraw/downloads/npm__readability.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.214321.4——primaryraw/github_meta/mozilla__readability.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/mozilla__readability.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/mozilla__readability.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/mozilla__readability.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.22.522.5——primaryraw/scorecard/mozilla__readability.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.30.0%37.51018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/mozilla__readability.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: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/mozilla__readability.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
Balanced3,139 of 3,21928.91DRated
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 systems1,123 of 1,27638.22DRated
AI-assisted3,597 of 3,69629.90DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
b5f081f7c443d697bbccfc04513c8feadde10afbb0c83a122a35bbd85cab9426

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/f5.json, under the key mozilla/readability.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). mozilla/readability. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/mozilla/readability/. CC BY 4.0.

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