37signals vs LiveChat

37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) and LiveChat (Join LiveChat Developer Program https://platform.text.com/) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

37signals (rank #122) holds a narrow lead over LiveChat (rank #141) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 53). The gap of 1 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 LiveChat. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), LiveChat is clearly ahead of 37signals. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is ahead of LiveChat. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is slightly ahead of LiveChat. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), 37signals is ahead of LiveChat.

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. LiveChat shows 755 stars across 168 public repos, 24 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 150.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. LiveChat 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.