Fastmail vs Productboard

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Productboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 33). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Productboard is slightly ahead of Fastmail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Productboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Fastmail is ahead of Productboard. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Productboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Productboard is slightly 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. Productboard shows 90 stars across 87 public repos, 8 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 70.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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