Google Workspace vs Increase

Google Workspace (Developer samples for Google Workspace APIs) and Increase (Build your bank) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Google Workspace (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 51). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Google Workspace carries 48,567 GitHub stars across 57 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 37 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 Google Workspace's footprint is roughly 1079.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Google Workspace 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.