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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 useplunk/plunk got a first human reply in a median of 33.3 hours (48 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 38% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,925 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 877 of 1,525 (the bottom 43%).

Key facts
Rank1,925 of 3,219
Score47.81
TierC
Median first reply33.3 hours
14-day no-reply share38%
First-timer rank877 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,925 of 3,219
Score
47.81
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 35.7 (coverage 100%), friction 40.5 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness67.3100%
Criticality19.4100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor53.2100%
Accessibility53.8100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.75.0%93.81619 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/useplunk__plunk.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.38.1%23.84220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/useplunk__plunk.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.77.8%97.227—primaryraw/author_history/useplunk__plunk.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.33.3 hours (1.4 days)63.24819 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/useplunk__plunk.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.714.9 hours (29.8 days)19.18819 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/useplunk__plunk.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.010.1——primaryraw/dependents/useplunk__plunk.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.592 downloads a month8.5——primaryraw/downloads/npm__plunk.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.376837.7——primaryraw/github_meta/useplunk__plunk.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0724—primaryraw/commits_365d/useplunk__plunk.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/useplunk__plunk.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/useplunk__plunk.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/useplunk__plunk.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.61.728961.791—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/useplunk__plunk.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.011119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/useplunk__plunk.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/useplunk__plunk.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.83.3%100.018—primaryraw/author_history/useplunk__plunk.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/useplunk__plunk.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.20.0%40.015—primaryraw/author_history/useplunk__plunk.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,925 of 3,21947.81CRated
First-timer877 of 1,52554.51CRated
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-assisted2,029 of 3,69648.90CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
f3b377848903aa60b7edab9724c6794ec7b65253003d2850ce6507aeef5aa7d1

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/d4.json, under the key useplunk/plunk.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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