Increase vs Klarna

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Klarna (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 47). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Klarna shows 2,965 stars across 139 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Klarna's footprint is roughly 65.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Klarna looks better where education 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.