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37signals vs Qonto

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

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

37signals (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Qonto (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 43). The gap of 11 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 Qonto. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Qonto is clearly ahead of 37signals. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is clearly ahead of Qonto. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is clearly ahead of Qonto. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), 37signals is clearly ahead of Qonto.

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. Qonto shows 501 stars across 75 public repos, 11 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 227.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Qonto 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.

Side-by-side metrics

Metric37signalsQonto
Ranking
Overall rank#122#338
Pillars
Overall5443
Code5857
Education5475
Community5425
Reach5624
Momentum4621
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars113,857501
Forks10,432158
Public repos23675
Active repos (90d)4811
External contributors2985
Avg polish5762
Avg AI-readiness3336

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