1Password vs 37signals

1Password (1Password remembers all your passwords for you. It keeps your digital life secure and always available, safe behind the one password that only you know.) and 37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

1Password (rank #20) holds a modest lead over 37signals (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (65 vs 54). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), 1Password is slightly ahead of 37signals. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), 1Password is clearly ahead of 37signals. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 1Password is slightly ahead of 37signals. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 1Password is clearly ahead of 37signals. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), 37signals is slightly ahead of 1Password.

1Password carries 12,938 GitHub stars across 96 public repos, with 38 repositories active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors on record. 37signals shows 113,857 stars across 236 public repos, 48 active in the last 90 days and 298 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 8.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

1Password is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. 37signals looks better where momentum is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.