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Increase vs Perk

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

Increase (Build your bank) and Perk (We're fixing business travel.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Perk (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 42). The gap of 18 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 Perk. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Increase is slightly ahead of Perk. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Perk. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Perk. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Perk 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. Perk shows 34 stars across 25 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricIncreasePerk
Ranking
Overall rank#55#372
Pillars
Overall6042
Code5244
Education5954
Community6838
Reach7930
Momentum4348
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars4534
Forks1511
Public repos1225
Active repos (90d)115
External contributors56
Avg polish4833
Avg AI-readiness4738

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