MercadoLibre vs Smartsheet

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

MercadoLibre carries 1,621 GitHub stars across 101 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 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 MercadoLibre's footprint is roughly 10.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

MercadoLibre is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Smartsheet looks better where momentum 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.