Affinity vs Increase

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Affinity (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 36). The gap of 24 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Affinity carries 4 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 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 Increase's footprint is roughly 11.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Affinity is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Increase looks better where community 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.