Linear vs UserTesting

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

Linear (rank #102) holds a meaningful lead over UserTesting (rank #691) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 31). The gap of 24 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 UserTesting. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), UserTesting is slightly ahead of Linear. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Linear is clearly ahead of UserTesting. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is clearly ahead of UserTesting. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Linear is clearly ahead of UserTesting.

Linear carries 1,993 GitHub stars across 22 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors on record. UserTesting shows 15 stars across 119 public repos, 0 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 132.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Linear is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. UserTesting looks better where education 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.