Loom vs Smartsheet

Loom (Async Video Messaging for Work) 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 Loom (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 31). The gap of 12 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 Loom. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of Loom. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of Loom. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of Loom. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Smartsheet is slightly ahead of Loom.

Loom carries 50 GitHub stars across 32 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Smartsheet shows 150 stars across 11 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors.

Loom is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. 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.