Evernote vs Fastmail

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

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Evernote (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 35). 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), Evernote is ahead of Fastmail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Evernote is ahead of Fastmail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Fastmail is ahead of Evernote. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Evernote. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Evernote.

Evernote carries 9,832 GitHub stars across 22 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Fastmail shows 6,316 stars across 38 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Evernote is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.