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Stream vs Smartsheet

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Stream (Build scalable in-app chat, feeds, and live video with AI moderation capabilities in hours, not weeks.) and Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stream (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Smartsheet (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 43). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Stream carries 35,664 GitHub stars across 487 public repos, with 84 repositories active in the last 90 days and 44 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 Stream's footprint is roughly 237.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Stream 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricStreamSmartsheet
Ranking
Overall rank#317#338
Pillars
Overall4443
Code6444
Education5485
Community4938
Reach2335
Momentum8234
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars35,664150
Forks5,186144
Public repos48711
Active repos (90d)848
External contributors4415
Avg polish7447
Avg AI-readiness4739

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