Linear vs Narmi

Linear (A purpose-built tool for planning and building products) and Narmi (Narmi modernizes financial institutions and the people they serve with digital-first banking solutions and an agile open platform.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Linear (rank #102) holds a meaningful lead over Narmi (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 30). The gap of 25 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Linear carries 1,993 GitHub stars across 22 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors on record. Narmi shows 69 stars across 10 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Linear's footprint is roughly 28.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Linear is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Narmi looks better where code quality 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.