Linear vs Perk

Linear (A purpose-built tool for planning and building products) and Perk (We're fixing business travel.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Linear (rank #103) holds a modest lead over Perk (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 42). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Linear is slightly ahead of Perk. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Linear is slightly ahead of Perk. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Perk is slightly ahead of Linear. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is clearly ahead of Perk. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Perk 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. Perk shows 34 stars across 25 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Linear's footprint is roughly 58.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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