Linear vs SAP

Linear (A purpose-built tool for planning and building products) and SAP (SAP SE, a global software company, is one of the largest vendors of ERP and other enterprise applications.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Linear (rank #103) holds a narrow lead over SAP (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 54). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), SAP is clearly ahead of Linear. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), SAP is slightly ahead of Linear. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), SAP is ahead of Linear. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is clearly ahead of SAP. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SAP 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. SAP shows 12,850 stars across 309 public repos, 96 active in the last 90 days and 60 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but SAP's footprint is roughly 6.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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