Increase vs Slab

Increase (Build your bank) and Slab (Making the workplace a source of learning and purpose through knowledge-sharing. We're hiring!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Slab (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 39). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Slab is slightly ahead of Increase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Increase is slightly ahead of Slab. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Slab. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Slab. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is clearly ahead of Slab.

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Slab shows 49,433 stars across 28 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Slab's footprint is roughly 1098.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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