Fastmail vs Lightspeed Commerce Inc.

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

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 38). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is ahead of Fastmail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is slightly ahead of Fastmail. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Lightspeed Commerce Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Fastmail is ahead of Lightspeed Commerce 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. Lightspeed Commerce Inc. shows 145 stars across 6 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fastmail's footprint is roughly 43.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Lightspeed Commerce 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.