37signals vs RingCentral, Inc.

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

37signals (rank #122) holds a modest lead over RingCentral, Inc. (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 42). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. RingCentral, Inc. shows 1,659 stars across 184 public repos, 31 active in the last 90 days and 17 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 68.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. RingCentral, Inc. looks better where code quality 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.