Build your bank
Increase vs Revolut
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Increase (Build your bank) and Revolut (Revolut Open Source) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Revolut (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 31). The gap of 29 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Increase is ahead of Revolut. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Increase is slightly ahead of Revolut. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Revolut. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Revolut. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is clearly ahead of Revolut.
Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Revolut shows 260 stars across 35 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 Revolut's footprint is roughly 5.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Revolut makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. 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 | Revolut |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #55 | #693 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 60 | 31 |
| Code | 52 | 40 |
| Education | 59 | 52 |
| Community | 68 | 26 |
| Reach | 79 | 40 |
| Momentum | 43 | 20 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 45 | 260 |
| Forks | 15 | 142 |
| Public repos | 12 | 35 |
| Active repos (90d) | 11 | 5 |
| External contributors | 5 | 1 |
| Avg polish | 48 | 38 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 47 | 29 |