37signals vs Bitwarden

37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) and Bitwarden (Open source security solutions for individuals, teams, and business organizations. Explore Password Manager, Secrets Manager, and passkey innovations.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Bitwarden (rank #55) holds a narrow lead over 37signals (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 54). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

37signals carries 113,857 GitHub stars across 236 public repos, with 48 repositories active in the last 90 days and 298 external contributors on record. Bitwarden shows 54,524 stars across 68 public repos, 51 active in the last 90 days and 119 external contributors.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Bitwarden 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.