Increase vs Plausible Analytics

Increase (Build your bank) and Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Plausible Analytics (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 43). The gap of 17 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Plausible Analytics is slightly ahead of Increase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is ahead of Increase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is ahead of Plausible Analytics. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Plausible Analytics. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is slightly ahead of Plausible 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. Plausible Analytics shows 31,145 stars across 21 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 692.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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