Kanboard vs Smartsheet

Kanboard (Kanban project management software) and Smartsheet (Opensource SDKs for the Smartsheet collaborative work management platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Smartsheet (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Kanboard carries 10,486 GitHub stars across 52 public repos, with 4 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 Kanboard's footprint is roughly 69.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Kanboard 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.