Increase vs LiveChat

Increase (Build your bank) and LiveChat (Join LiveChat Developer Program https://platform.text.com/) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a narrow lead over LiveChat (rank #141) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 53). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. LiveChat shows 755 stars across 168 public repos, 24 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LiveChat's footprint is roughly 16.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. LiveChat 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.