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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 Tencent/cherry-markdown got a first human reply in a median of 4 hours (34 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 0% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,438 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 549 of 1,525 (the top 36%).

Key facts
Rank1,438 of 3,219
Score51.80
TierC
Median first reply4 hours
14-day no-reply share0%
First-timer rank549 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,438 of 3,219
Score
51.80
Tier
C
Coverage
92% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 33.8 (coverage 100%), friction 30.9 (coverage 85%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness97.075%
Criticality32.5100%
Governance38.3100%
Rigor33.1100%
Accessibility45.385%

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.0.0%100.02720 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.83.3%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.4.0 hours (0.2 days)100.03419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.101.2 hours (4.2 days)77.73019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.630.7——primaryraw/dependents/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.19,273 downloads a month22.6——primaryraw/downloads/npm__cherry-markdown.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.416841.7——primaryraw/github_meta/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0258—primaryraw/commits_365d/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.50.04250.0143—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.2.9%3.73419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.09—primaryraw/actions_runs/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.40.0%80.05—primaryraw/author_history/Tencent__cherry-markdown.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/Tencent__cherry-markdown.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
Balanced1,438 of 3,21951.80CRated
First-timer549 of 1,52559.85BRated
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-assisted2,199 of 3,69647.77CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
47c003f5f2a0ba9a5dad9c72af6bceb4c60dcb8cf14ddf5bffec5863e13d513b

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/e1.json, under the key Tencent/cherry-markdown.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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