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Increase vs Zeplin

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

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

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Zeplin (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 40). The gap of 20 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 Zeplin. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zeplin is ahead of Increase. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Increase is clearly ahead of Zeplin. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Increase is clearly ahead of Zeplin. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Increase is clearly ahead of Zeplin.

Increase carries 45 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Zeplin shows 1,460 stars across 57 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zeplin's footprint is roughly 32.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricIncreaseZeplin
Ranking
Overall rank#55#430
Pillars
Overall6040
Code5249
Education5977
Community6828
Reach7920
Momentum4316
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars451,460
Forks15228
Public repos1257
Active repos (90d)118
External contributors54
Avg polish4854
Avg AI-readiness4726

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