Blackbird vs Smartsheet

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

Smartsheet (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Blackbird (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 30). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Blackbird carries 16 GitHub stars across 165 public repos, with 77 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 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 9.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Blackbird is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Smartsheet 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.