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Patreon vs Smartsheet

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Smartsheet (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 36). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Patreon carries 846 GitHub stars across 62 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 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 Patreon's footprint is roughly 5.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Patreon 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricPatreonSmartsheet
Ranking
Overall rank#536#338
Pillars
Overall3643
Code5244
Education6385
Community2638
Reach6135
Momentum034
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars846150
Forks220144
Public repos6211
Active repos (90d)08
External contributors215
Avg polish5347
Avg AI-readiness3739

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