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37signals vs Malwarebytes

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

37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) and Malwarebytes (Cyberprotection for every one.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

37signals (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Malwarebytes (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 36). The gap of 18 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 Malwarebytes. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Malwarebytes is ahead of 37signals. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is clearly ahead of Malwarebytes. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is clearly ahead of Malwarebytes. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Malwarebytes 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. Malwarebytes shows 38 stars across 20 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 2996.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

Metric37signalsMalwarebytes
Ranking
Overall rank#122#536
Pillars
Overall5436
Code5854
Education5473
Community5423
Reach5634
Momentum4666
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars113,85738
Forks10,4326
Public repos23620
Active repos (90d)484
External contributors2983
Avg polish5753
Avg AI-readiness3328

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