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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 vuejs/language-tools got a first human reply in a median of 2.4 hours (25 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 5% got none within 14 days. It ranks 669 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 317 of 1,525 (the top 21%).

Key facts
Rank669 of 3,219
Score58.16
TierB
Median first reply2.4 hours
14-day no-reply share5%
First-timer rank317 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
669 of 3,219
Score
58.16
Tier
B
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 42.4 (coverage 100%), friction 24.8 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness96.675%
Criticality40.4100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor34.6100%
Accessibility45.8100%

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.5.0%90.04020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/vuejs__language-tools.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.92.9%100.014—primaryraw/author_history/vuejs__language-tools.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.2.4 hours (0.1 days)100.02519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/vuejs__language-tools.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.40.7 hours (1.7 days)89.62819 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/vuejs__language-tools.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.2738.3——primaryraw/dependents/vuejs__language-tools.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.258,333 downloads a month37.3——primaryraw/downloads/npm__language-tools.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.449645.0——primaryraw/github_meta/vuejs__language-tools.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0410—primaryraw/commits_365d/vuejs__language-tools.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/vuejs__language-tools.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/vuejs__language-tools.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/vuejs__language-tools.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.33.089733.1104—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/vuejs__language-tools.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.25.0%31.34419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/vuejs__language-tools.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/vuejs__language-tools.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.75.0%100.012—primaryraw/author_history/vuejs__language-tools.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/vuejs__language-tools.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.11.1%22.29—primaryraw/author_history/vuejs__language-tools.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced669 of 3,21958.16BRated
First-timer317 of 1,52563.95BRated
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-assisted1,452 of 3,69652.98CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
9439286896aff45b9835fddbea1bdd7575802dc2a6bcd7ca2d0ada80af850ef1

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/b7.json, under the key vuejs/language-tools.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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