37signals vs Duolingo

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

37signals (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Duolingo (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 43). The gap of 11 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 Duolingo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), 37signals is slightly ahead of Duolingo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is ahead of Duolingo. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is slightly ahead of Duolingo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), 37signals is slightly ahead of Duolingo.

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. Duolingo shows 1,721 stars across 12 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 66.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Duolingo makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.