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Increase vs Loom

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Increase (Build your bank) and Loom (Async Video Messaging for Work) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Loom (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 31). The gap of 29 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Loom shows 50 stars across 32 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Loom makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricIncreaseLoom
Ranking
Overall rank#55#693
Pillars
Overall6031
Code5237
Education5952
Community6811
Reach793
Momentum4330
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars4550
Forks1513
Public repos1232
Active repos (90d)115
External contributors51
Avg polish4832
Avg AI-readiness4734

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