Clio vs Increase

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Clio (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 33). The gap of 27 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 Clio. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Clio is clearly ahead of Increase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Clio. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Clio. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is slightly ahead of Clio.

Clio carries 518 GitHub stars across 19 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 Clio's footprint is roughly 11.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Clio is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.