Linear vs Sage

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

Linear (rank #103) holds a meaningful lead over Sage (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 33). The gap of 22 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Sage shows 2,180 stars across 122 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors.

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