Fastmail vs Workato

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Workato (The Enterprise Automation Platform for powerful integrations and automations) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Workato (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 33). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Workato shows 112 stars across 67 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Fastmail's footprint is roughly 56.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Workato 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.