Fillout vs Meister

Fillout and Meister (Tools for a creative world) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fillout (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over Meister (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 34). 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), Meister is slightly ahead of Fillout. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Meister is ahead of Fillout. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Fillout is ahead of Meister. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fillout is clearly ahead of Meister. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Fillout is ahead of Meister.

Fillout carries 2 GitHub stars across 9 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Meister shows 6 stars across 45 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Fillout is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Meister 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.