Adyen vs Increase

Adyen and Increase (Build your bank) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Adyen (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 51). 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), Adyen is clearly ahead of Increase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Increase is ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is slightly ahead of Increase.

Adyen carries 2,684 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 49 repositories active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors on record. Increase shows 45 stars across 12 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adyen's footprint is roughly 59.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Increase looks better where reach 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.