Build your bank
Increase vs Magento
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Increase (Build your bank) and Magento both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Magento (rank #209) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 49). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Magento is ahead of Increase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Magento is slightly ahead of Increase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is ahead of Magento. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Magento. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is ahead of Magento.
Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Magento shows 18,718 stars across 97 public repos, 20 active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Magento's footprint is roughly 416.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Magento 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Increase | Magento |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #55 | #209 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 60 | 49 |
| Code | 52 | 67 |
| Education | 59 | 65 |
| Community | 68 | 50 |
| Reach | 79 | 24 |
| Momentum | 43 | 33 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 45 | 18,718 |
| Forks | 15 | 15,126 |
| Public repos | 12 | 97 |
| Active repos (90d) | 11 | 20 |
| External contributors | 5 | 32 |
| Avg polish | 48 | 75 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 47 | 31 |