Fastmail vs LinkedIn

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

LinkedIn (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 40). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. LinkedIn shows 77,785 stars across 137 public repos, 28 active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 12.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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