Doist vs Linear

Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) 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 Doist (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 54). 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), Doist is ahead of Linear. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Doist is clearly ahead of Linear. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is clearly ahead of Doist. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Doist is slightly ahead of Linear.

Doist carries 5,576 GitHub stars across 170 public repos, with 45 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors on record. Linear shows 1,971 stars across 22 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.