37signals vs Remote

37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) and Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

37signals (rank #122) holds a narrow lead over Remote (rank #278) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 46). The gap of 8 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 Remote. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Remote is clearly ahead of 37signals. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is ahead of Remote. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is clearly ahead of Remote. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), 37signals is slightly ahead of Remote.

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. Remote shows 811 stars across 51 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 140.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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