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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 select2/select2 got a first human reply in a median of 22.7 hours (12 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 33% got none within 14 days. It ranks 983 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank983 of 3,219
Score55.51
TierB
Median first reply22.7 hours
14-day no-reply share33%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
983 of 3,219
Score
55.51
Tier
B
Coverage
81% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 58.4 (coverage 100%), friction 41.9 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness61.455%
Criticality58.4100%
Governance76.8100%
Rigor46.2100%
Accessibility22.050%

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.33.3%33.31820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/select2__select2.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.22.7 hours (0.9 days)77.01218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/select2__select2.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.224.1 hours (9.3 days)56.53418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/select2__select2.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.62269.7——primaryraw/dependents/select2__select2.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.2.8 million downloads a month58.4——primaryraw/downloads/npm__select2.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.454545.5——primaryraw/github_meta/select2__select2.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.4100.036—primaryraw/commits_365d/select2__select2.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/select2__select2.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/select2__select2.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/select2__select2.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.7575.0——primaryraw/scorecard/select2__select2.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.11.1%13.93618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/select2__select2.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/select2__select2.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.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/select2__select2.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
Balanced983 of 3,21955.51BRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems440 of 1,27659.16BRated
AI-assisted1,338 of 3,69653.82CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
98308f5f523733998aaa076819b1264edcf06585ebb9cc0326e35da336344e92

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/8f.json, under the key select2/select2.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). select2/select2. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/select2/select2/. CC BY 4.0.

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