Linear vs Onfido

Linear (A purpose-built tool for planning and building products) and Onfido both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Linear (rank #103) holds a modest lead over Onfido (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 41). The gap of 14 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 Onfido. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Onfido is ahead of Linear. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Linear is ahead of Onfido. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is clearly ahead of Onfido. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Linear is ahead of Onfido.

Linear carries 1,971 GitHub stars across 22 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors on record. Onfido shows 1,268 stars across 85 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Linear is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Onfido looks better where education 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.