37signals vs Shopify

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

Shopify (rank #14) holds a modest lead over 37signals (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (67 vs 54). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Shopify is ahead of 37signals. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Shopify is clearly ahead of 37signals. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Shopify is ahead of 37signals. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is slightly ahead of Shopify. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Shopify 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. Shopify shows 124,714 stars across 1,211 public repos, 75 active in the last 90 days and 87 external contributors.

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