Fastmail vs Hashnode

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Hashnode (Everything you need to start blogging as a developer!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Hashnode (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 33). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Hashnode shows 6,853 stars across 26 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

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