Airtable vs Fastmail

Airtable (Airtable is a modern database created for everyone) and Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Airtable (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 40). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Airtable carries 3,237 GitHub stars across 35 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Fastmail shows 6,316 stars across 38 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Airtable is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Fastmail looks better where momentum 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.