Increase vs Mattermost

Increase (Build your bank) and Mattermost (Mattermost is a secure collaboration platform for connecting your teams, tools and processes to accelerate mission-critical work.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mattermost (rank #38) holds a narrow lead over Increase (rank #55) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (62 vs 60). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Mattermost shows 49,882 stars across 262 public repos, 58 active in the last 90 days and 105 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Mattermost's footprint is roughly 1108.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Mattermost looks better where momentum 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.