Fastmail vs Wisepops

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

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a modest lead over Wisepops (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 31). 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), Fastmail is slightly ahead of Wisepops. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Wisepops is clearly ahead of Fastmail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Wisepops. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Wisepops. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Wisepops.

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. Wisepops shows 0 stars across 5 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

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