37signals vs UXPin

37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) and UXPin (The Full-Stack UX Design Platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

37signals (rank #122) holds a modest lead over UXPin (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 35). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. UXPin shows 879 stars across 25 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 129.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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