Fastmail vs Trade Republic

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Trade Republic both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Trade Republic (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 38). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Trade Republic is ahead of Fastmail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Trade Republic is ahead of Fastmail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Fastmail is slightly ahead of Trade Republic. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Trade Republic. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Fastmail is ahead of Trade Republic.

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. Trade Republic shows 1,245 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fastmail's footprint is roughly 5.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Trade Republic 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.