Increase vs Sage

Increase (Build your bank) and Sage both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Sage shows 2,180 stars across 122 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Sage's footprint is roughly 48.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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