37signals vs Wealthsimple

37signals (HEY! It's in Basecamp!) and Wealthsimple (Building the world's most human financial company) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

37signals (rank #122) holds a meaningful lead over Wealthsimple (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 31). The gap of 23 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), 37signals is slightly ahead of Wealthsimple. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 37signals is clearly ahead of Wealthsimple. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 37signals is ahead of Wealthsimple. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Wealthsimple 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. Wealthsimple shows 138 stars across 102 public repos, 4 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 825.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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