Giphy vs Increase

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Giphy (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 42). The gap of 18 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Giphy carries 3,295 GitHub stars across 45 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 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 Giphy's footprint is roughly 73.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Giphy is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. 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.