Build your bank
Increase vs Razorpay
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Increase (Build your bank) and Razorpay both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Razorpay (rank #32) holds a narrow lead over Increase (rank #55) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 60). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Razorpay is ahead of Increase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Increase is slightly ahead of Razorpay. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Razorpay. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Razorpay. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Razorpay is clearly ahead of Increase.
Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Razorpay shows 3,812 stars across 177 public repos, 38 active in the last 90 days and 33 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Razorpay's footprint is roughly 84.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Razorpay looks better where momentum 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 | Razorpay |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #55 | #32 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 60 | 63 |
| Code | 52 | 68 |
| Education | 59 | 53 |
| Community | 68 | 44 |
| Reach | 79 | 58 |
| Momentum | 43 | 71 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 45 | 3,812 |
| Forks | 15 | 1,929 |
| Public repos | 12 | 177 |
| Active repos (90d) | 11 | 38 |
| External contributors | 5 | 33 |
| Avg polish | 48 | 69 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 47 | 49 |