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

For VSCodeVim/Vim, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 93% of 15 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 2,685 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,495 of 1,525 (the bottom 3%).

Key facts
Rank2,685 of 3,219
Score40.13
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share93%
First-timer rank1,495 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,685 of 3,219
Score
40.13
Tier
C
Coverage
76% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 46.3 (coverage 68%), friction 63.8 (coverage 85%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness31.070%
Criticality43.635%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor48.0100%
Accessibility28.0100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.21.4%26.81410 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/VSCodeVim__Vim.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.93.3%0.01520 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/VSCodeVim__Vim.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.54.6%68.211—primaryraw/author_history/VSCodeVim__Vim.json
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.871.1 hours (36.3 days)13.46010 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/VSCodeVim__Vim.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.435743.6——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/VSCodeVim__Vim.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0119—primaryraw/commits_365d/VSCodeVim__Vim.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/VSCodeVim__Vim.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/VSCodeVim__Vim.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/VSCodeVim__Vim.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.47.547.5——primaryraw/scorecard/VSCodeVim__Vim.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.1.3%1.77510 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/VSCodeVim__Vim.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/VSCodeVim__Vim.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.25.0%50.020—primaryraw/author_history/VSCodeVim__Vim.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/VSCodeVim__Vim.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.0.0%0.05—primaryraw/author_history/VSCodeVim__Vim.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,685 of 3,21940.13CRated
First-timer1,495 of 1,52535.97DRated
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-assisted2,889 of 3,69642.08CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
ddcb9fbe5b8849ba52b85a8e6e13d7ef7da362db2099c909b8e681bea577f9a7

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/9e.json, under the key VSCodeVim/Vim.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). VSCodeVim/Vim. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/vscodevim/vim/. CC BY 4.0.

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