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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 socketio/socket.io got a first human reply in a median of 12 days (26 pull requests, 17 April to 14 October 2026); 47% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,788 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,400 of 1,525 (the bottom 9%).

Key facts
Rank1,788 of 3,219
Score48.94
TierC
Median first reply12 days (288.5 hours)
14-day no-reply share47%
First-timer rank1,400 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window17 April to 14 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,788 of 3,219
Score
48.94
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 58.8 (coverage 100%), friction 59.7 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness35.0100%
Criticality76.8100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor34.3100%
Accessibility38.3100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.63.6%79.51117 April to 16 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/socketio__socket.io.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.47.2%5.63620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/socketio__socket.io.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.47.4%59.219—primaryraw/author_history/socketio__socket.io.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.288.5 hours (12 days)0.02617 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/socketio__socket.io.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.603.8 hours (25.2 days)24.11117 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/socketio__socket.io.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.10,71590.8——primaryraw/dependents/socketio__socket.io.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.85.9 million downloads a month86.4——primaryraw/downloads/npm__socket.io.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.540254.0——primaryraw/github_meta/socketio__socket.io.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0140—primaryraw/commits_365d/socketio__socket.io.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/socketio__socket.io.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/socketio__socket.io.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/socketio__socket.io.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.52.552.5——primaryraw/scorecard/socketio__socket.io.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.3.5%4.32917 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/socketio__socket.io.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.100100.09—primaryraw/actions_runs/socketio__socket.io.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.33.3%66.715—primaryraw/author_history/socketio__socket.io.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/socketio__socket.io.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.05—primaryraw/author_history/socketio__socket.io.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,788 of 3,21948.94CRated
First-timer1,400 of 1,52542.42CRated
Career capital595 of 79852.55CRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted2,463 of 3,69645.77CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
b1de825bb1474d8662c1de6a6627848e18998bf113efddbb1376b83f5857d898

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/58.json, under the key socketio/socket.io.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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