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Smartsheet vs Zammad

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

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

Zammad (rank #152) holds a modest lead over Smartsheet (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 43). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zammad is ahead of Smartsheet. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Smartsheet is ahead of Zammad. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zammad is clearly ahead of Smartsheet. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Smartsheet is clearly ahead of Zammad. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zammad is slightly 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. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zammad's footprint is roughly 42.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Smartsheet is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zammad looks better where community 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

MetricSmartsheetZammad
Ranking
Overall rank#338#152
Pillars
Overall4352
Code4463
Education8571
Community3870
Reach350
Momentum3439
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1506,394
Forks1441,687
Public repos1111
Active repos (90d)89
External contributors1527
Avg polish4771
Avg AI-readiness3935

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