Increase vs MercadoLibre

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over MercadoLibre (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 MercadoLibre. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), MercadoLibre is ahead of Increase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of MercadoLibre. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of MercadoLibre. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is clearly ahead of MercadoLibre.

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. MercadoLibre shows 1,621 stars across 101 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but MercadoLibre's footprint is roughly 36.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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