Adyen Examples vs Linear

Adyen Examples (Official examples for Adyen products and services) and Linear (A purpose-built tool for planning and building products) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Linear (rank #103) holds a modest lead over Adyen Examples (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 41). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Adyen Examples carries 669 GitHub stars across 34 public repos, with 14 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Linear shows 1,971 stars across 22 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors.

Adyen Examples is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Linear looks better where reach 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.