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Deezer vs Linear

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

Deezer 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 Deezer (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 36). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Deezer carries 29,854 GitHub stars across 99 public repos, with 5 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Deezer's footprint is roughly 15.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Deezer is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricDeezerLinear
Ranking
Overall rank#536#103
Pillars
Overall3655
Code4145
Education7956
Community6136
Reach1176
Momentum941
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars29,8541,971
Forks3,369436
Public repos9922
Active repos (90d)55
External contributors221
Avg polish4742
Avg AI-readiness2831

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