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Smartsheet vs Starling Bank

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

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

Smartsheet (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (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), Starling Bank is slightly ahead of Smartsheet. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of Starling Bank. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Smartsheet. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Starling Bank is ahead of Smartsheet.

Smartsheet carries 150 GitHub stars across 11 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Smartsheet is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Starling Bank looks better where reach 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

MetricSmartsheetStarling Bank
Ranking
Overall rank#338#625
Pillars
Overall4333
Code4450
Education8555
Community389
Reach3563
Momentum3448
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars150195
Forks14429
Public repos113
Active repos (90d)83
External contributors150
Avg polish4758
Avg AI-readiness3914

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