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37signals vs Intuit

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

37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) and Intuit (Powering prosperity around the world.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

37signals (rank #122) holds a narrow lead over Intuit (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 48). 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), Intuit is slightly ahead of 37signals. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Intuit is clearly ahead of 37signals. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is slightly ahead of Intuit. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is clearly ahead of Intuit. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), 37signals is ahead of Intuit.

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. Intuit shows 18,182 stars across 150 public repos, 27 active in the last 90 days and 40 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 6.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

Metric37signalsIntuit
Ranking
Overall rank#122#237
Pillars
Overall5448
Code5865
Education5476
Community5448
Reach5624
Momentum4637
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars113,85718,182
Forks10,4324,233
Public repos236150
Active repos (90d)4827
External contributors29840
Avg polish5770
Avg AI-readiness3340

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