Linear vs Starling Bank

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

Linear (rank #103) holds a meaningful lead over Starling Bank (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), Starling Bank is slightly ahead of Linear. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Linear is slightly ahead of Starling Bank. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Linear is clearly ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is ahead of Starling Bank. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Starling Bank 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. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Linear's footprint is roughly 10.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Linear is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Starling Bank looks better where momentum 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.