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

For PDFCraftTool/pdfcraft, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 22% of 18 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 1,573 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 836 of 1,525 (the bottom 46%).

Key facts
Rank1,573 of 3,219
Score50.70
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share22%
First-timer rank836 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,573 of 3,219
Score
50.70
Tier
C
Coverage
76% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 37.7 (coverage 68%), friction 35.3 (coverage 85%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness82.770%
Criticality42.535%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor21.1100%
Accessibility41.0100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.72.7%90.91118 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.22.2%55.61820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.72.7%90.922—primaryraw/author_history/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.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.56.8 hours (2.4 days)86.12118 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.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.0.424642.5——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0229—primaryraw/commits_365d/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.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/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.22.857122.921—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.02418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.39.916739.97—primaryraw/actions_runs/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.63.6%100.011—primaryraw/author_history/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.07—primaryraw/author_history/PDFCraftTool__pdfcraft.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,573 of 3,21950.70CRated
First-timer836 of 1,52555.16BRated
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-assisted2,651 of 3,69644.10CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
c81b08ddf407a2dc3a7ca33e2227fe6ebdf4f70458941802990bfe05f5977113

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/ed.json, under the key PDFCraftTool/pdfcraft.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). PDFCraftTool/pdfcraft. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/pdfcrafttool/pdfcraft/. CC BY 4.0.

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