Increase vs Zendesk

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Zendesk (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 51). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zendesk is slightly ahead of Increase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Increase is slightly ahead of Zendesk. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Zendesk. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Zendesk. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zendesk 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. Zendesk shows 12,427 stars across 891 public repos, 87 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zendesk's footprint is roughly 276.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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