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Cybersource vs Increase

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Cybersource (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 36). The gap of 24 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 Cybersource. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Cybersource is slightly ahead of Increase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Cybersource. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Cybersource. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is slightly ahead of Cybersource.

Cybersource carries 587 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 28 repositories active in the last 90 days and 7 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 Cybersource's footprint is roughly 13.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Cybersource 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricCybersourceIncrease
Ranking
Overall rank#536#55
Pillars
Overall3660
Code4952
Education6459
Community3168
Reach3679
Momentum3743
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars58745
Forks98615
Public repos4012
Active repos (90d)2811
External contributors75
Avg polish4848
Avg AI-readiness4347

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