Adyen vs 37signals

Adyen and 37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

37signals (rank #122) holds a narrow lead over Adyen (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 51). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Adyen carries 2,684 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 49 repositories active in the last 90 days and 39 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 42.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adyen 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.