Increase vs Marqeta

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Marqeta (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 32). The gap of 28 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 Marqeta. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Marqeta. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Marqeta. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is clearly ahead of Marqeta.

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Marqeta shows 84 stars across 18 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors.

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