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Fastmail vs Lodgify

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a modest lead over Lodgify (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 30). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Lodgify shows 13 stars across 16 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fastmail's footprint is roughly 485.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricFastmailLodgify
Ranking
Overall rank#430#728
Pillars
Overall4030
Code3536
Education6665
Community338
Reach787
Momentum4439
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars6,31613
Forks57176
Public repos3816
Active repos (90d)123
External contributors20
Avg polish3535
Avg AI-readiness1424

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