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

For zhongerxin/Cowart, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 38% of 26 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 2,879 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: this repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.

Key facts
Rank2,879 of 3,219
Score36.66
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share38%
First-timer rankThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,879 of 3,219
Score
36.66
Tier
D
Coverage
67% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 31.2 (coverage 68%), friction 52.8 (coverage 72%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness64.070%
Criticality25.435%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor28.0100%
Accessibility0.035%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.81.8%100.02219 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zhongerxin__Cowart.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.38.5%23.12620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zhongerxin__Cowart.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.31.3%39.116—primaryraw/author_history/zhongerxin__Cowart.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.62.4 hours (2.6 days)85.5719 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zhongerxin__Cowart.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.0.254225.4——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/zhongerxin__Cowart.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0104—primaryraw/commits_365d/zhongerxin__Cowart.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/zhongerxin__Cowart.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/zhongerxin__Cowart.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/zhongerxin__Cowart.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.4040.012—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/zhongerxin__Cowart.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.02019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/zhongerxin__Cowart.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/zhongerxin__Cowart.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
Balanced2,879 of 3,21936.66DRated
First-timerThis repository does not show a low enough barrier for a first-time contributor.
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-assisted3,433 of 3,69635.27DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
6c1deffedd722e7d36cabe548260bd88cee7aa840d3727c18968b9944268edb1

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/a9.json, under the key zhongerxin/Cowart.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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