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

For sampotts/plyr, the reply time and the share with no reply within 14 days both have too small a sample to measure (0 and 5 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,804 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
Rank2,804 of 3,219
Score38.08
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window—

Composite

Rank
2,804 of 3,219
Score
38.08
Tier
D
Coverage
66% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 59.6 (coverage 84%), friction 78.3 (coverage 47%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness0.020%
Criticality51.9100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor69.370%
Accessibility12.485%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.0.0%0.05—primaryraw/author_history/sampotts__plyr.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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.21156.2——primaryraw/dependents/sampotts__plyr.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.1.6 million downloads a month53.8——primaryraw/downloads/npm__plyr.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.457245.7——primaryraw/github_meta/sampotts__plyr.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/sampotts__plyr.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/sampotts__plyr.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/sampotts__plyr.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5050.0——primaryraw/scorecard/sampotts__plyr.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.028—primaryraw/actions_runs/sampotts__plyr.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.0.0%0.06—primaryraw/author_history/sampotts__plyr.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/sampotts__plyr.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
Balanced2,804 of 3,21938.08DRated
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 systems848 of 1,27648.71CRated
AI-assisted2,491 of 3,69645.51CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
657f6251c40690a151f3d7d19e1f930adce345bb57dbb6565f911d003ff03ebb

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/7c.json, under the key sampotts/plyr.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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