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Increase vs Segment

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a narrow lead over Segment (rank #103) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 55). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Segment is slightly ahead of Increase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Segment is ahead of Increase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is ahead of Segment. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Segment. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Segment is slightly 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. Segment shows 58,406 stars across 421 public repos, 53 active in the last 90 days and 12 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Segment's footprint is roughly 1297.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricIncreaseSegment
Ranking
Overall rank#55#103
Pillars
Overall6055
Code5257
Education5972
Community6856
Reach7940
Momentum4348
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars4558,406
Forks157,570
Public repos12421
Active repos (90d)1153
External contributors512
Avg polish4860
Avg AI-readiness4741

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