Box vs Linear

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

Box (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over Linear (rank #103) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 55). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Box carries 14,074 GitHub stars across 84 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 33 external contributors on record. Linear shows 1,971 stars across 22 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Box's footprint is roughly 7.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Box 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.