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37signals vs Glide

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

37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) and Glide (Build custom business software powered by your data and loved by your team - without code.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

37signals (rank #122) holds a narrow lead over Glide (rank #152) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 52). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Glide shows 21,382 stars across 67 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 5.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Glide looks better where education 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

Metric37signalsGlide
Ranking
Overall rank#122#152
Pillars
Overall5452
Code5854
Education5466
Community5446
Reach5636
Momentum4621
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars113,85721,382
Forks10,4321,789
Public repos23667
Active repos (90d)4811
External contributors2987
Avg polish5751
Avg AI-readiness3334

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