37signals vs Salesforce

37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) and Salesforce (Noteworthy Open Source projects made available by Salesforce. Available under Open Source or Creative Commons licensing. No warranty or support implied) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Salesforce (rank #82) holds a narrow lead over 37signals (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (57 vs 54). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Salesforce shows 68,892 stars across 417 public repos, 75 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

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