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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 throneproj/Throne got a first human reply in a median of 45.1 hours (44 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 3% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,261 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 823 of 1,525 (the bottom 47%).

Key facts
Rank1,261 of 3,219
Score53.20
TierC
Median first reply45.1 hours
14-day no-reply share3%
First-timer rank823 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,261 of 3,219
Score
53.20
Tier
C
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 45.3 (coverage 100%), friction 38.3 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness75.1100%
Criticality52.6100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor29.8100%
Accessibility44.785%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.03419 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/throneproj__Throne.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.3.0%93.99920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/throneproj__Throne.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.53.3%66.730—primaryraw/author_history/throneproj__Throne.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.45.1 hours (1.9 days)52.24419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/throneproj__Throne.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.176.4 hours (7.3 days)70.48319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/throneproj__Throne.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Not applicable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Not applicable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.525852.6——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/throneproj__Throne.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0876—primaryraw/commits_365d/throneproj__Throne.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/throneproj__Throne.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/throneproj__Throne.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/throneproj__Throne.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.38.666738.785—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/throneproj__Throne.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.6.1%7.611519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/throneproj__Throne.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.58.8%100.017—primaryraw/author_history/throneproj__Throne.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/throneproj__Throne.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.10.0%20.010—primaryraw/author_history/throneproj__Throne.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,261 of 3,21953.20CRated
First-timer823 of 1,52555.52BRated
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-assisted2,156 of 3,69648.00CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
bcb62299635126c90dc88840042ee9545c75bdb35bd916f94670559f92090ff5

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/49.json, under the key throneproj/Throne.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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