Ashby vs Smartsheet

Ashby and Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Smartsheet (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Ashby (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 36). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Ashby carries 1 GitHub stars across 3 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Smartsheet shows 150 stars across 11 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Smartsheet's footprint is roughly 150.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ashby is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Smartsheet looks better where community 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.