Fastmail vs TikTok

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and TikTok (Inspire creativity and bring joy.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

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. TikTok shows 1,463 stars across 25 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fastmail's footprint is roughly 4.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. TikTok 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.