Fastmail vs The Washington Post

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

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 37). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. The Washington Post shows 2,751 stars across 91 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. The Washington Post 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.