Adyen vs Linear

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

Linear (rank #103) holds a narrow lead over Adyen (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 51). 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), Adyen is clearly ahead of Linear. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Linear is ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is ahead of Linear. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is slightly ahead of Linear.

Adyen carries 2,684 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 49 repositories active in the last 90 days and 39 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 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.