Rippling vs Smartsheet

Rippling (We make it unbelievably easy to manage your team's payroll, benefits, computers, and apps.) 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 Rippling (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 39). The gap of 4 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 Rippling. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of Rippling. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Smartsheet is ahead of Rippling. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Rippling is clearly ahead of Smartsheet. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of Rippling.

Rippling carries 156 GitHub stars across 11 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors on record. Smartsheet shows 150 stars across 11 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors.

Rippling is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. 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.