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Increase vs MailerSend
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Increase (Build your bank) and MailerSend (Email service that delivers) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over MailerSend (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 41). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Increase is slightly ahead of MailerSend. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), MailerSend is clearly ahead of Increase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of MailerSend. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of MailerSend. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is ahead of MailerSend.
Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. MailerSend shows 499 stars across 22 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but MailerSend's footprint is roughly 11.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. MailerSend 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Increase | MailerSend |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #55 | #401 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 60 | 41 |
| Code | 52 | 50 |
| Education | 59 | 82 |
| Community | 68 | 30 |
| Reach | 79 | 24 |
| Momentum | 43 | 27 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 45 | 499 |
| Forks | 15 | 141 |
| Public repos | 12 | 22 |
| Active repos (90d) | 11 | 12 |
| External contributors | 5 | 7 |
| Avg polish | 48 | 50 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 47 | 37 |