openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-explorer
The next-generation frontend for OpenFoodFacts, made with SvelteKit
In plain words
Outside PRs: 7 in 10 merged. First reply usually within 35 h. 5 starter issues are available now.
Outside PRs merged
66%
21 merged, 11 closed, 13 still open
Higher than 20% of 565 other measured repositories
First human reply
35 h
median of 45 outside PRs, 1 unanswered
Time to merge
Not enough data
21 of 45 outside PRs merged
Outside PRs opened 30 to 120 days ago, so each has had time to be answered. A figure needs at least 5 pull requests, otherwise it reads "Not enough data". How this is calculated · A number looks wrong?
Your first steps here
If you have never contributed to this project, do these in order.
- 1
Read the contributing guide
It says how to set the project up and what the maintainers expect in a pull request.
Open the guide - 2
Take this free issue
Compare mode: Improve compare mode icon
Open issue #1660 - 3
Know where to ask
No chat was found. Ask on the issue you are working on; that is where maintainers look.
- 4
Open a small pull request
Link the issue in it. A first reply here usually takes 35 h; until then, silence is normal.
What happens to an outside pull request
Every pull request opened by someone outside the core team, 30 to 120 days ago.
- Opened by outsiders45100%
- Got a human reply4498%
- Merged2147%
Time to first reply
After 2 days, 56% of outside PRs had a reply from a person. After a week, 76%. Bots do not count.
The last 52 weeks
Steady. Median first reply was 35 h over the last four weeks (35 PRs) and 26 h over the four before (19 PRs).
Starter issues
Issues labelled for beginners, with their real state. Available means open, unassigned, no linked pull request, nobody has claimed it in the last 14 days, and it was updated in the last 60 days.
- Available
- 5
- Claimed
- 1
- Has a pull request
- 4
- Stale
- 0
- AvailableCompare mode: Improve compare mode icon#1660
- Has a pull requestCompare mode: Combine brand/quantity and name in compact header#1659
- AvailableCompare mode: Add explicit explanation of the NOVA group#1658
When replies arrive
All maintainers counted together. Shown only when at least 3 people replied in the last 90 days, so it never describes one person.
Replies are most likely between 15:00 and 18:00 (India time).
Show as table
| Hour (India time) | Replies, all weekdays |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 25 |
| 01:00 | 12 |
| 02:00 | 8 |
| 03:00 | 10 |
| 04:00 | 4 |
| 05:00 | 1 |
| 06:00 | 1 |
| 07:00 | 1 |
| 08:00 | 0 |
| 09:00 | 0 |
| 10:00 | 4 |
| 11:00 | 8 |
| 12:00 | 10 |
| 13:00 | 11 |
| 14:00 | 24 |
| 15:00 | 45 |
| 16:00 | 43 |
| 17:00 | 37 |
| 18:00 | 29 |
| 19:00 | 31 |
| 20:00 | 38 |
| 21:00 | 25 |
| 22:00 | 22 |
| 23:00 | 28 |
How to start
- Contributing guidefound
- Code of conductnot found
- Issue templatesfound
- Dev container for one-step setupfound
- No CLA or sign-off requirement was found.
Where the project talks
No chat or mailing list link was found in the README or contributing guide.
Activity
- Commits, 90 days
- 204
- Releases, 12 months
- 1
- Active maintainers
- 6
- Last push
- 10 Oct 2026
Stack
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