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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 quarto-dev/quarto-cli got a first human reply in a median of under 0.1 hours (50 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 25% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,654 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: this repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.

Key facts
Rank1,654 of 3,219
Score50.10
TierC
Median first replyunder 0.1 hours
14-day no-reply share25%
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,654 of 3,219
Score
50.10
Tier
C
Coverage
70% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 50.2 (coverage 68%), friction 45.0 (coverage 78%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness71.075%
Criticality54.635%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor36.9100%
Accessibility8.850%

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.25.0%50.01620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.30.8%38.513—primaryraw/author_history/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.0.0 hours (0 days)100.05019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.89.6 hours (3.7 days)80.53619 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.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.0.54654.6——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0903—primaryraw/commits_365d/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.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/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.48.536848.5231—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.14.6%18.34119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.29.416729.416—primaryraw/actions_runs/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/quarto-dev__quarto-cli.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,654 of 3,21950.10CRated
First-timerThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
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-assisted2,195 of 3,69647.80CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
c44204dc6c19a6a16de95700a843b2c05b610f928fefb2a16b84eac966f4e1b6

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/6e.json, under the key quarto-dev/quarto-cli.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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