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37signals vs Typeform

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

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

37signals (rank #122) holds a narrow lead over Typeform (rank #189) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 50). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Typeform is ahead of 37signals. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), 37signals is slightly ahead of Typeform. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is clearly ahead of Typeform. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is ahead of Typeform. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), 37signals is ahead of Typeform.

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. Typeform shows 590 stars across 40 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but 37signals's footprint is roughly 193.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

37signals is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Typeform looks better where code quality 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

Metric37signalsTypeform
Ranking
Overall rank#122#189
Pillars
Overall5450
Code5871
Education5451
Community5425
Reach5643
Momentum4631
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars113,857590
Forks10,432254
Public repos23640
Active repos (90d)488
External contributors2985
Avg polish5775
Avg AI-readiness3338

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