Fastmail vs Healthchecks

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Healthchecks (Open-source cron job and background task monitoring) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Healthchecks (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 39). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Healthchecks shows 10,273 stars across 3 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors.

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