Smartsheet vs Zeplin

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

Smartsheet (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Zeplin (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 40). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Smartsheet carries 150 GitHub stars across 11 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors on record. Zeplin shows 1,460 stars across 57 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zeplin's footprint is roughly 9.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Smartsheet is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Zeplin looks better where code quality 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.