Fastmail vs Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools (Making DevRel efforts compare and measurable) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 40). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools is slightly ahead of Fastmail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Fastmail is ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Fastmail is ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools 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. Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools shows 1 stars across 4 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fastmail's footprint is roughly 6316.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools 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.