Fastmail vs Giphy

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

Giphy (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 40). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Giphy shows 3,295 stars across 45 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Giphy 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.