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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 PrismarineJS/mineflayer got a first human reply in a median of 15 days (70 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 54% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,759 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,516 of 1,525 (the bottom 1%).

Key facts
Rank2,759 of 3,219
Score38.84
TierD
Median first reply15 days (359.7 hours)
14-day no-reply share54%
First-timer rank1,516 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,759 of 3,219
Score
38.84
Tier
D
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 47.7 (coverage 100%), friction 67.5 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness24.7100%
Criticality46.3100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor48.2100%
Accessibility25.085%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.27.8%34.71819 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.53.7%0.06720 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.55.6%69.59—primaryraw/author_history/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.359.7 hours (15 days)0.07019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.662.6 hours (27.6 days)21.41219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.15953.2——primaryraw/dependents/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.225,354 downloads a month35.9——primaryraw/downloads/npm__mineflayer.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.459746.0——primaryraw/github_meta/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0106—primaryraw/commits_365d/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.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/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.7070.0——primaryraw/scorecard/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.21.7%27.22319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.15.4%30.813—primaryraw/author_history/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/PrismarineJS__mineflayer.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
Balanced2,759 of 3,21938.84DRated
First-timer1,516 of 1,52533.18DRated
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-assisted2,979 of 3,69641.14CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
82e5e811fdb71be51276ec5eedd724532a2eab71e7f0ca018d5fafb857fa3b2b

No suspicion flags on this repository.

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

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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