Increase vs Xero Developer API

Increase (Build your bank) and Xero Developer API (Xero Developer: Powering Your Innovation and Growth. Check out our SDKs and code samples to get started with your integration.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Xero Developer API (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 43). The gap of 17 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Xero Developer API shows 2,233 stars across 70 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 37 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Xero Developer API's footprint is roughly 49.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Xero Developer API 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.