Fastmail vs ShipBob

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and ShipBob (Need to ship? ShipBob-it! You save save time and money.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

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. ShipBob shows 0 stars across 2 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

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