edX vs Smartsheet

edX (Online learning at https://edx.org, powered by the Open edX platform https://openedx.org) and Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

edX and Smartsheet sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (43), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Smartsheet shows 150 stars across 11 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors.

edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. 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.