Element vs Smartsheet

Element (Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.) and Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Element (rank #189) holds a narrow lead over Smartsheet (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 43). 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), Element is clearly ahead of Smartsheet. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of Element. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Element is ahead of Smartsheet. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is ahead of Smartsheet. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Element is clearly ahead of Smartsheet.

Element carries 34,608 GitHub stars across 137 public repos, with 33 repositories active in the last 90 days and 97 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 Element's footprint is roughly 230.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Element 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.