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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 Snailclimb/JavaGuide got a first human reply in a median of 24 hours (13 pull requests, 17 April to 14 October 2026); 2% got none within 14 days. It ranks 747 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 490 of 1,525 (the top 33%).

Key facts
Rank747 of 3,219
Score57.49
TierB
Median first reply24 hours
14-day no-reply share2%
First-timer rank490 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window17 April to 14 October 2026

Composite

Rank
747 of 3,219
Score
57.49
Tier
B
Coverage
84% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 47.5 (coverage 68%), friction 32.0 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness87.8100%
Criticality51.735%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor38.5100%
Accessibility45.0100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.02217 April to 16 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.2.2%95.74620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.81.8%100.022—primaryraw/author_history/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.24.0 hours (1 days)75.01317 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.198.3 hours (8.3 days)59.44717 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.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.0.516651.7——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0455—primaryraw/commits_365d/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.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/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.6.8%8.55917 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.80.0%100.015—primaryraw/author_history/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.8.3%16.712—primaryraw/author_history/Snailclimb__JavaGuide.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced747 of 3,21957.49BRated
First-timer490 of 1,52560.82BRated
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-assisted1,387 of 3,69653.45CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
9cd6bfc530e4d3798a1d3e17b8e98b95236b6111c46bebfc1bf73e634319c5e5

merges_without_return

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/39.json, under the key Snailclimb/JavaGuide.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). Snailclimb/JavaGuide. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/snailclimb/javaguide/. CC BY 4.0.

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