Fastmail vs LiveChat

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and LiveChat (Join LiveChat Developer Program https://platform.text.com/) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LiveChat (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 40). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. LiveChat shows 755 stars across 168 public repos, 24 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fastmail's footprint is roughly 8.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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