37signals vs Dropbox

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

37signals (rank #122) holds a narrow lead over Dropbox (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 47). 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), 37signals is ahead of Dropbox. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), 37signals is slightly ahead of Dropbox. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is slightly ahead of Dropbox. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is ahead of Dropbox. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Dropbox is 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. Dropbox shows 61,045 stars across 247 public repos, 29 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Dropbox 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.