jotform vs Smartsheet

jotform (Free Online Form Builder & Form Creator) and Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Smartsheet (rank #337) holds a modest lead over jotform (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 30). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

jotform carries 1,105 GitHub stars across 32 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Smartsheet shows 151 stars across 11 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but jotform's footprint is roughly 7.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

jotform is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. 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.