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

For pillarjs/path-to-regexp, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 27% of 11 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 1,431 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,409 of 1,525 (the bottom 8%).

Key facts
Rank1,431 of 3,219
Score51.83
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share27%
First-timer rank1,409 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,431 of 3,219
Score
51.83
Tier
C
Coverage
72% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 63.3 (coverage 93%), friction 54.7 (coverage 52%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness46.045%
Criticality74.6100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor43.9100%
Accessibility15.050%

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.27.3%45.51120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pillarjs__path-to-regexp.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.50.0%62.56—primaryraw/author_history/pillarjs__path-to-regexp.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.846.4 hours (35.3 days)13.7518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pillarjs__path-to-regexp.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.6,68388.4——primaryraw/dependents/pillarjs__path-to-regexp.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.933.1 million downloads a month98.7——primaryraw/downloads/npm__path-to-regexp.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.416741.7——primaryraw/github_meta/pillarjs__path-to-regexp.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/pillarjs__path-to-regexp.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/pillarjs__path-to-regexp.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/pillarjs__path-to-regexp.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5858.0——primaryraw/scorecard/pillarjs__path-to-regexp.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.23.1%28.91318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pillarjs__path-to-regexp.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/pillarjs__path-to-regexp.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/pillarjs__path-to-regexp.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
Balanced1,431 of 3,21951.83CRated
First-timer1,409 of 1,52542.08CRated
Career capital600 of 79852.33CRated
Senior systems456 of 1,27658.59BRated
AI-assisted1,781 of 3,69650.61CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
d855f66befde1b049efa0f60b94c22f5d162e1a0379ef1a252f02c1cb5933453

closed_unread

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/cc.json, under the key pillarjs/path-to-regexp.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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