Fastmail vs Intuit

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Intuit (Powering prosperity around the world.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Intuit (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 40). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Intuit shows 18,182 stars across 150 public repos, 27 active in the last 90 days and 40 external contributors.

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