Codecademy vs Fastmail

Codecademy (The easiest way to learn to code.) and Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Codecademy (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 37). 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), Codecademy is slightly ahead of Fastmail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Codecademy. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Codecademy is slightly ahead of Fastmail. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Codecademy. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Codecademy.

Codecademy carries 5,241 GitHub stars across 86 public repos, with 1 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.

Codecademy 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.