Perf: Potential source of jank.
While looking at the source, I've stumbled upon those lines three lines:
https://github.com/kdietrich/gridstack-angular/blob/a2bccee4321ab700e4ed78162346886442643a76/src/gridstack.directive.js#L26-L27
https://github.com/kdietrich/gridstack-angular/blob/a2bccee4321ab700e4ed78162346886442643a76/src/gridstack.directive.js#L37-L38
https://github.com/kdietrich/gridstack-angular/blob/a2bccee4321ab700e4ed78162346886442643a76/src/gridstack.directive.js#L48-L49
Given that $timeout, when it resolves, calls $rootScope#$apply, it is somewhat redundant to call $scope.$apply within a $timeout callback. In some context its a potential source of jank because you might be forcing angular to re-digest the whole DOM.
You might consider removing those three lines or replacing $timeout with setTimeout.
I did some testing and had some UI responsiveness issues when resizing some grid items which was alleviated with the removal.