37signals vs Panther Labs

37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) and Panther Labs (Panther's mission is to make security teams smarter and faster than attackers.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

37signals (rank #122) holds a narrow lead over Panther Labs (rank #209) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 49). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Panther Labs is ahead of 37signals. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Panther Labs is ahead of 37signals. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is ahead of Panther Labs. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is slightly ahead of Panther Labs. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), 37signals is slightly ahead of Panther Labs.

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. Panther Labs shows 668 stars across 25 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 170.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Panther Labs 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.