BigCommerce vs Fastmail

BigCommerce and Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a modest lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 40). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

BigCommerce carries 3,505 GitHub stars across 281 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 51 external contributors on record. Fastmail shows 6,316 stars across 38 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

BigCommerce 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.