Linear vs Spreedly

Linear (A purpose-built tool for planning and building products) and Spreedly (Simple and secure PCI compliance and payment forwarding.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Linear (rank #103) holds a meaningful lead over Spreedly (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 30). The gap of 25 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Spreedly shows 418 stars across 67 public repos, 10 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Linear's footprint is roughly 4.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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