Build your bank
Increase vs reddit
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Increase (Build your bank) and reddit both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over reddit (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 40). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), reddit is slightly ahead of Increase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Increase is slightly ahead of reddit. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of reddit. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of reddit. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is slightly ahead of reddit.
Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. reddit shows 4,004 stars across 174 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 16 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but reddit's footprint is roughly 89.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. reddit looks better where code quality 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #55 | #430 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 60 | 40 |
| Code | 52 | 60 |
| Education | 59 | 56 |
| Community | 68 | 39 |
| Reach | 79 | 52 |
| Momentum | 43 | 36 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 45 | 4,004 |
| Forks | 15 | 1,160 |
| Public repos | 12 | 174 |
| Active repos (90d) | 11 | 26 |
| External contributors | 5 | 16 |
| Avg polish | 48 | 66 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 47 | 32 |