Linear vs Proton Mail

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

Linear (rank #103) holds a modest lead over Proton Mail (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), Proton Mail is ahead of Linear. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Linear is ahead of Proton Mail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Proton Mail is ahead of Linear. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is clearly ahead of Proton Mail. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Proton Mail is ahead of Linear.

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. Proton Mail shows 16,265 stars across 186 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Proton Mail's footprint is roughly 8.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Linear is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Proton Mail 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.