Fastmail vs Webflow

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Webflow (Webflow is the way to design, build, and launch powerful websites visually - without coding.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Webflow (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Fastmail (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 40). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Webflow is ahead of Fastmail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Webflow is ahead of Fastmail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Fastmail is slightly ahead of Webflow. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Webflow. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Webflow is slightly 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. Webflow shows 735 stars across 52 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 16 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fastmail's footprint is roughly 8.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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