Fastmail vs Genial.ly

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

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

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. Genial.ly shows 71 stars across 13 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fastmail's footprint is roughly 89.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Genial.ly looks better where education 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.