Front vs Increase

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Front (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 ahead of Front. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Increase is slightly ahead of Front. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Front. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Front. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Front is slightly ahead of Increase.

Front carries 103 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 8 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.

Front 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.