Fastmail vs Kanboard

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Kanboard (Kanban project management software) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Kanboard (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), Kanboard is ahead of Fastmail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Fastmail is ahead of Kanboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Kanboard is clearly ahead of Fastmail. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Kanboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Kanboard.

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. Kanboard shows 10,486 stars across 52 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Kanboard looks better where community 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.