Fastmail vs Recharge, Inc

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Recharge, Inc (Our mission is to make repeat orders easier for everyone.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a modest lead over Recharge, Inc (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), Recharge, Inc is slightly ahead of Fastmail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recharge, Inc is slightly ahead of Fastmail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Recharge, Inc. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Recharge, Inc. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Fastmail is ahead of Recharge, Inc.

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. Recharge, Inc shows 9 stars across 13 public repos, 2 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 701.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recharge, Inc looks better where education 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.