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37signals vs Talend

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

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

37signals (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Talend (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 38). The gap of 16 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 Talend. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Talend is slightly ahead of 37signals. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is clearly ahead of Talend. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is clearly ahead of Talend. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), 37signals is ahead of Talend.

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. Talend shows 486 stars across 148 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 234.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Talend 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.

Side-by-side metrics

Metric37signalsTalend
Ranking
Overall rank#122#485
Pillars
Overall5438
Code5851
Education5457
Community5423
Reach5635
Momentum4626
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars113,857486
Forks10,432657
Public repos236148
Active repos (90d)4813
External contributors2989
Avg polish5753
Avg AI-readiness3334

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