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Fastmail vs Vimeo

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Vimeo (You know, for videos.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Vimeo (rank #209) holds a modest lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 40). 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), Vimeo is clearly ahead of Fastmail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Fastmail is ahead of Vimeo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Vimeo is ahead of Fastmail. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Vimeo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Vimeo is 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. Vimeo shows 14,779 stars across 105 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 19 external contributors.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricFastmailVimeo
Ranking
Overall rank#430#209
Pillars
Overall4049
Code3563
Education6650
Community3345
Reach7819
Momentum4460
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars6,31614,779
Forks5713,071
Public repos38105
Active repos (90d)1219
External contributors219
Avg polish3567
Avg AI-readiness1438

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