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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 pixijs/pixijs got a first human reply in a median of 45.1 hours (49 pull requests, 17 April to 14 October 2026); 45% got none within 14 days. It ranks 761 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 797 of 1,525 (the bottom 48%).

Key facts
Rank761 of 3,219
Score57.28
TierB
Median first reply45.1 hours
14-day no-reply share45%
First-timer rank797 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window17 April to 14 October 2026

Composite

Rank
761 of 3,219
Score
57.28
Tier
B
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 58.6 (coverage 100%), friction 43.6 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness55.4100%
Criticality63.5100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor50.1100%
Accessibility54.5100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.71.4%89.32117 April to 16 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pixijs__pixijs.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.45.1%9.97120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pixijs__pixijs.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.55.8%69.843—primaryraw/author_history/pixijs__pixijs.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.45.1 hours (1.9 days)52.24917 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pixijs__pixijs.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.688.8 hours (28.7 days)20.23817 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pixijs__pixijs.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1,07874.5——primaryraw/dependents/pixijs__pixijs.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.5.4 million downloads a month64.5——primaryraw/downloads/npm__pixijs.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.502850.3——primaryraw/github_meta/pixijs__pixijs.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0247—primaryraw/commits_365d/pixijs__pixijs.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/pixijs__pixijs.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/pixijs__pixijs.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/pixijs__pixijs.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.86.899186.9109—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/pixijs__pixijs.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.8.9%11.25617 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pixijs__pixijs.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.015—primaryraw/actions_runs/pixijs__pixijs.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.71.4%100.014—primaryraw/author_history/pixijs__pixijs.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/pixijs__pixijs.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.30.0%60.010—primaryraw/author_history/pixijs__pixijs.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced761 of 3,21957.28BRated
First-timer797 of 1,52556.00BRated
Career capital407 of 79858.12BRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,098 of 3,69655.67BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
71d585a10ba9ff0ce87cd2f5336e3f32c9bca382e3332c902446113fe2384e84

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/c0.json, under the key pixijs/pixijs.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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