Afterpay vs Increase

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Afterpay (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 30). The gap of 30 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Afterpay carries 99 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors on record. Increase shows 45 stars across 12 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Afterpay 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.