BigCommerce vs Increase

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a narrow lead over BigCommerce (rank #103) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 55). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

BigCommerce carries 3,505 GitHub stars across 281 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 51 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 BigCommerce's footprint is roughly 77.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

BigCommerce 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.