37signals vs Starling Bank

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

37signals (rank #122) holds a meaningful lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 33). The gap of 21 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 Starling Bank. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Starling Bank is slightly ahead of 37signals. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is clearly ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is slightly ahead of 37signals. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Starling Bank 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. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 583.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Starling Bank looks better where reach 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.