Heap vs Linear

Heap (Product Insights) 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 Heap (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 35). The gap of 20 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 Heap. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Heap is ahead of Linear. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Linear is clearly ahead of Heap. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is clearly ahead of Heap. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Linear is clearly ahead of Heap.

Heap carries 215 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 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 9.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Heap 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.