Fastmail vs Typeform

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

Typeform (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 40). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Typeform shows 590 stars across 40 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fastmail's footprint is roughly 10.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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