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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 spicetify/cli got a first human reply in a median of 5.1 hours (49 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 19% got none within 14 days. It ranks 676 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 537 of 1,525 (the top 36%).

Key facts
Rank676 of 3,219
Score58.07
TierB
Median first reply5.1 hours
14-day no-reply share19%
First-timer rank537 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
676 of 3,219
Score
58.07
Tier
B
Coverage
84% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 49.7 (coverage 68%), friction 31.4 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness77.7100%
Criticality50.635%
Governance68.0100%
Rigor36.0100%
Accessibility46.7100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.02118 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spicetify__cli.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.19.0%61.94220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spicetify__cli.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.45.2%56.531—primaryraw/author_history/spicetify__cli.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.5.1 hours (0.2 days)100.04918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spicetify__cli.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.673.4 hours (28.1 days)20.83718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spicetify__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.0.505650.6——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/spicetify__cli.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.375.0104—primaryraw/commits_365d/spicetify__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/spicetify__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/spicetify__cli.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/spicetify__cli.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.58.666758.790—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/spicetify__cli.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.1.5%1.96518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spicetify__cli.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/spicetify__cli.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.37.5%75.016—primaryraw/author_history/spicetify__cli.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/spicetify__cli.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.33.3%66.76—primaryraw/author_history/spicetify__cli.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced676 of 3,21958.07BRated
First-timer537 of 1,52560.06BRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems563 of 1,27655.89B (capped)Rated
AI-assisted1,422 of 3,69653.13CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
f3f7517e581f371ca784d057581a0e578ec8e0b6e32295877983d7a77fb690ba

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/95.json, under the key spicetify/cli.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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