PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-10-17

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

For tailwindlabs/headlessui, 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 1,841 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,841 of 3,219
Score48.46
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window—

Composite

Rank
1,841 of 3,219
Score
48.46
Tier
C
Coverage
61% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 54.7 (coverage 84%), friction 54.6 (coverage 37%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness—0%
Criticality62.3100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor35.770%
Accessibility17.185%

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.Not shown: Collector failure
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.1,96778.7——primaryraw/dependents/tailwindlabs__headlessui.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.33.4 million downloads a month79.5——primaryraw/downloads/npm__headlessui.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.313931.4——primaryraw/github_meta/tailwindlabs__headlessui.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/tailwindlabs__headlessui.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/tailwindlabs__headlessui.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/tailwindlabs__headlessui.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.32.532.5——primaryraw/scorecard/tailwindlabs__headlessui.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.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/tailwindlabs__headlessui.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.10.0%20.010—primaryraw/author_history/tailwindlabs__headlessui.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/tailwindlabs__headlessui.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
Balanced1,841 of 3,21948.46CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capital709 of 79848.05CRated
Senior systems653 of 1,27653.97CRated
AI-assisted2,506 of 3,69645.39CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e2d452eb04e3d0db367330abab91c71126fa1b929a5b1e4e3f394121fe549f4a

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/4c.json, under the key tailwindlabs/headlessui.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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