Fastmail vs Qualtrics

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

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a modest lead over Qualtrics (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 31). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Qualtrics shows 20 stars across 20 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fastmail's footprint is roughly 315.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Qualtrics looks better where reach 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.