Increase vs Thomson Reuters

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

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

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Thomson Reuters shows 436 stars across 143 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Thomson Reuters's footprint is roughly 9.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Thomson Reuters 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.