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Attio vs 37signals

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

37signals (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Attio (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 35). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Attio carries 90 GitHub stars across 19 public repos, with 13 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 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 1265.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Attio is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 37signals looks better where community 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAttio37signals
Ranking
Overall rank#569#122
Pillars
Overall3554
Code3058
Education5654
Community1654
Reach1856
Momentum3446
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars90113,857
Forks1510,432
Public repos19236
Active repos (90d)1348
External contributors1298
Avg polish2757
Avg AI-readiness2333

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