Increase vs Stripe

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

Stripe (rank #1) holds a modest lead over Increase (rank #55) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (76 vs 60). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Stripe is clearly ahead of Increase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe is clearly ahead of Increase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is slightly ahead of Stripe. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Stripe. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe is clearly 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. Stripe shows 44,536 stars across 97 public repos, 64 active in the last 90 days and 120 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe's footprint is roughly 989.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe looks better where momentum 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.