Gainsight vs Linear

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

Gainsight carries 5 GitHub stars across 6 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 Linear's footprint is roughly 394.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Gainsight is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.