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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 wakujs/waku got a first human reply in a median of 4.7 hours (15 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 0% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,499 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 871 of 1,525 (the bottom 43%).

Key facts
Rank1,499 of 3,219
Score51.41
TierC
Median first reply4.7 hours
14-day no-reply share0%
First-timer rank871 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,499 of 3,219
Score
51.41
Tier
C
Coverage
93% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 39.1 (coverage 100%), friction 33.3 (coverage 90%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness94.7100%
Criticality31.7100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor43.7100%
Accessibility21.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.100.0%100.01019 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/wakujs__waku.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.0.0%100.01520 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/wakujs__waku.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.63.2%79.019—primaryraw/author_history/wakujs__waku.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.4.7 hours (0.2 days)100.01519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/wakujs__waku.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.41.9 hours (1.7 days)89.21319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/wakujs__waku.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.122.3——primaryraw/dependents/wakujs__waku.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.159,912 downloads a month33.1——primaryraw/downloads/npm__waku.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.414741.5——primaryraw/github_meta/wakujs__waku.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0497—primaryraw/commits_365d/wakujs__waku.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/wakujs__waku.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/wakujs__waku.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/wakujs__waku.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.26.490626.5265—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/wakujs__waku.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.56.3%70.31619 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/wakujs__waku.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.021—primaryraw/actions_runs/wakujs__waku.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/wakujs__waku.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,499 of 3,21951.41CRated
First-timer871 of 1,52554.56CRated
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-assisted1,833 of 3,69650.25CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
b16a8f67d27efbd646f73dbb798f3871aa4158ed47249c25654a8f76a3f025f1

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/79.json, under the key wakujs/waku.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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