Dropbox Sign vs Increase

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Dropbox Sign (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 40). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Dropbox Sign carries 434 GitHub stars across 36 public repos, with 9 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 Dropbox Sign's footprint is roughly 9.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dropbox Sign is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.