Linear vs Recurly

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

Linear (rank #103) holds a modest lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 44). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Recurly is clearly ahead of Linear. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recurly is slightly ahead of Linear. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Linear is slightly ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly 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. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Linear is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recurly 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.