AfterShip vs Fastmail

AfterShip (We are passionate about making eCommerce better. We are a group of geeks who build great automation tools for retailers and shoppers.) and Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

AfterShip (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 40). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

AfterShip carries 3,397 GitHub stars across 81 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Fastmail shows 6,316 stars across 38 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

AfterShip is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Fastmail 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.