Fastmail vs Jamf

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

Fastmail and Jamf sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (40), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

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. Jamf shows 7,946 stars across 114 public repos, 20 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Jamf looks better where momentum 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.