Increase vs KAYAK

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 38). The gap of 22 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. KAYAK shows 3,186 stars across 72 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but KAYAK's footprint is roughly 70.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. KAYAK looks better where code quality 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.