Fastmail vs Instructure, Inc.

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Instructure, Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Instructure, Inc. (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 40). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Instructure, Inc. shows 10,186 stars across 212 public repos, 37 active in the last 90 days and 29 external contributors.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Instructure, Inc. 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.