Fastmail vs Shopware

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Shopware (Shopware 6 is an open commerce platform based on Symfony Framework and Vue and supported by a worldwide community and more than 2.500 community extensions) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Shopware (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 40). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Shopware is ahead of Fastmail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Shopware is ahead of Fastmail. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Shopware. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Shopware 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. Shopware shows 4,897 stars across 88 public repos, 60 active in the last 90 days and 102 external contributors.

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