Linear vs Remote

Linear (A purpose-built tool for planning and building products) and Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Linear (rank #103) holds a modest lead over Remote (rank #278) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 46). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Remote is slightly ahead of Linear. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Remote is clearly ahead of Linear. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Linear is slightly ahead of Remote. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is clearly ahead of Remote. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Remote is slightly 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. Remote shows 811 stars across 51 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors.

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