Build your bank
Increase vs Pendo
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Increase (Build your bank) and Pendo both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Pendo (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 33). The gap of 27 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Increase is clearly ahead of Pendo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Pendo is slightly ahead of Increase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Pendo. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Pendo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is ahead of Pendo.
Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Pendo shows 267 stars across 134 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Pendo's footprint is roughly 5.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Pendo 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Increase | Pendo |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #55 | #625 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 60 | 33 |
| Code | 52 | 27 |
| Education | 59 | 61 |
| Community | 68 | 47 |
| Reach | 79 | 23 |
| Momentum | 43 | 31 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 45 | 267 |
| Forks | 15 | 88 |
| Public repos | 12 | 134 |
| Active repos (90d) | 11 | 18 |
| External contributors | 5 | 6 |
| Avg polish | 48 | 34 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 47 | 18 |