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37signals vs Jamf

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

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

37signals (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Jamf (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 40). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), 37signals is clearly ahead of Jamf. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Jamf is ahead of 37signals. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is ahead of Jamf. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is ahead of Jamf. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Jamf 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. Jamf shows 7,946 stars across 114 public repos, 20 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 14.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Jamf 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.

Side-by-side metrics

Metric37signalsJamf
Ranking
Overall rank#122#430
Pillars
Overall5440
Code5833
Education5468
Community5441
Reach5644
Momentum4661
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars113,8577,946
Forks10,4321,547
Public repos236114
Active repos (90d)4820
External contributors2985
Avg polish5745
Avg AI-readiness3321

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