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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 TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5 got a first human reply in a median of 5.8 hours (42 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 20% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,634 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,634 of 3,219
Score50.19
TierC
Median first reply5.8 hours
14-day no-reply share20%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,634 of 3,219
Score
50.19
Tier
C
Coverage
93% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 38.4 (coverage 100%), friction 37.9 (coverage 87%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness77.980%
Criticality37.2100%
Governance47.0100%
Rigor34.7100%
Accessibility45.485%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.72.0%90.02518 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.20.4%59.24920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.5.8 hours (0.2 days)100.04218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1031.3 hours (43 days)9.43818 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1935.5——primaryraw/dependents/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.105,066 downloads a month30.0——primaryraw/downloads/npm__TiddlyWiki5.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.44244.2——primaryraw/github_meta/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.375.0441—primaryraw/commits_365d/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.39.634439.662—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.18.4%23.04918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.44.4%88.99—primaryraw/author_history/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/TiddlyWiki__TiddlyWiki5.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
Balanced1,634 of 3,21950.19CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems943 of 1,27645.66CRated
AI-assisted2,340 of 3,69646.76CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
7863a64d1dd79a0f4fc6db730a227d164510a7666c364d299d9dfbe31bd00025

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/51.json, under the key TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/tiddlywiki/tiddlywiki5/. CC BY 4.0.

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