Sage vs Smartsheet

Sage 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 Sage (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Sage carries 2,180 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 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 Sage's footprint is roughly 14.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Sage is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. 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.