GoCardless vs Increase

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

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

GoCardless carries 6,977 GitHub stars across 161 public repos, with 19 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but GoCardless's footprint is roughly 155.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

GoCardless 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.