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37signals vs Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools

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

37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) and Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools (Making DevRel efforts compare and measurable) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

37signals (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 41). 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), 37signals is ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), 37signals is slightly ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is clearly ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools 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. Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools shows 1 stars across 4 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 113857.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools looks better where momentum 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

Metric37signalsSmoower - Mindshare index and developer tools
Ranking
Overall rank#122#401
Pillars
Overall5441
Code5842
Education5446
Community5420
Reach5644
Momentum4648
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars113,8571
Forks10,4320
Public repos2364
Active repos (90d)484
External contributors2981
Avg polish5751
Avg AI-readiness3328

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