Customer IO vs Increase

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Customer IO (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 51). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Customer IO carries 684 GitHub stars across 107 public repos, with 42 repositories active in the last 90 days and 26 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 Customer IO's footprint is roughly 15.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Customer IO 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.