Adobe, Inc. vs 37signals

Adobe, Inc. (Open source from Adobe) and 37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a narrow lead over 37signals (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 54). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Adobe, Inc. carries 63,154 GitHub stars across 1,108 public repos, with 91 repositories active in the last 90 days and 87 external contributors on record. 37signals shows 113,857 stars across 236 public repos, 48 active in the last 90 days and 298 external contributors.

Adobe, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. 37signals looks better where reach 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.