draw.io vs Smartsheet

draw.io (draw.io specialises in browser-based diagramming components and applications.) and Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

draw.io 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), Smartsheet is slightly ahead of draw.io. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Smartsheet is ahead of draw.io. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), draw.io is ahead of Smartsheet. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), draw.io is ahead of Smartsheet. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), draw.io is slightly ahead of Smartsheet.

draw.io carries 86,983 GitHub stars across 32 public repos, with 12 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 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 draw.io's footprint is roughly 579.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

draw.io is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. 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.