Increase vs Paddle

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Paddle (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 42). The gap of 18 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Paddle shows 997 stars across 54 public repos, 22 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Paddle's footprint is roughly 22.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Paddle 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.