Fastmail vs ForestAdmin

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and ForestAdmin (Forest Admin provides an off-the-shelf admin panel based on a highly-extensible API plugged into your application.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

Fastmail carries 6,316 GitHub stars across 38 public repos, with 12 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. ForestAdmin shows 3,415 stars across 87 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. ForestAdmin looks better where code quality 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.