ClickUp vs Smartsheet

ClickUp 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 ClickUp (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 34). The gap of 9 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 ClickUp. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Smartsheet is ahead of ClickUp. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of ClickUp. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of ClickUp. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Smartsheet is slightly ahead of ClickUp.

ClickUp carries 7 GitHub stars across 5 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 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 21.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ClickUp is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. 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.