Fastmail vs Orca Security

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

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Orca Security (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 35). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Orca Security shows 230 stars across 35 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 12 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fastmail's footprint is roughly 27.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Orca Security looks better where momentum 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.