Hotjar vs Increase

Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) and Increase (Build your bank) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Hotjar (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 44). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Hotjar carries 52 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Increase shows 45 stars across 12 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Hotjar 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.