Metabase vs Smartsheet

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

Metabase (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Smartsheet (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 43). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Metabase carries 50,225 GitHub stars across 100 public repos, with 21 repositories active in the last 90 days and 49 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 Metabase's footprint is roughly 334.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Metabase is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.