Blackbird vs Increase

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Blackbird (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 clearly ahead of Blackbird. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Blackbird is slightly ahead of Increase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Blackbird. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Blackbird. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Blackbird is ahead of Increase.

Blackbird carries 16 GitHub stars across 165 public repos, with 77 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Increase shows 45 stars across 12 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Blackbird is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.