37signals vs Stripe

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

Stripe (rank #1) holds a meaningful lead over 37signals (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (76 vs 54). The gap of 22 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Stripe is clearly ahead of 37signals. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe is clearly ahead of 37signals. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe is slightly ahead of 37signals. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is ahead of Stripe. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe is clearly 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. Stripe shows 44,519 stars across 97 public repos, 64 active in the last 90 days and 124 external contributors.

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