Increase vs Patreon

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 36). The gap of 24 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Patreon shows 846 stars across 62 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Patreon's footprint is roughly 18.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Patreon 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.