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Increase vs Zapier
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Increase (Build your bank) and Zapier both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Zapier (rank #27) holds a narrow lead over Increase (rank #55) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 60). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zapier is ahead of Increase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zapier is ahead of Increase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Zapier. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is ahead of Zapier. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zapier is 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. Zapier shows 6,774 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zapier's footprint is roughly 150.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Increase is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Zapier 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Increase | Zapier |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #55 | #27 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 60 | 64 |
| Code | 52 | 68 |
| Education | 59 | 73 |
| Community | 68 | 37 |
| Reach | 79 | 63 |
| Momentum | 43 | 54 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 45 | 6,774 |
| Forks | 15 | 1,358 |
| Public repos | 12 | 296 |
| Active repos (90d) | 11 | 13 |
| External contributors | 5 | 22 |
| Avg polish | 48 | 79 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 47 | 43 |