Duolingo vs Increase

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Duolingo (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 43). The gap of 17 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 Duolingo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Increase is ahead of Duolingo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Duolingo. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Duolingo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is slightly ahead of Duolingo.

Duolingo carries 1,721 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 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 Duolingo's footprint is roughly 38.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duolingo is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Increase looks better where community 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.