37signals vs Odoo

37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) and Odoo (Open Source Business Apps) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

37signals (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Odoo (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 38). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Odoo shows 59,467 stars across 43 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 257 external contributors.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Odoo makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.