Increase vs Pirsch Analytics

Increase (Build your bank) and Pirsch Analytics (Pirsch is a simple, privacy-friendly, open-source alternative to Google Analytics - lightweight, cookie-free and easily integrated into any website. By @emvi.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Pirsch Analytics shows 1,203 stars across 24 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Pirsch Analytics's footprint is roughly 26.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Pirsch Analytics 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.