Dropbox vs Increase

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Dropbox (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 47). The gap of 13 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 Dropbox. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Increase is slightly ahead of Dropbox. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Dropbox. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Dropbox. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Dropbox is ahead of Increase.

Dropbox carries 61,045 GitHub stars across 247 public repos, with 29 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 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 Dropbox's footprint is roughly 1356.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dropbox 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.