Linear vs Wistia

Linear (A purpose-built tool for planning and building products) and Wistia (One place for all your team’s video-ing) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Linear (rank #103) holds a modest lead over Wistia (rank #278) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 46). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Wistia shows 680 stars across 173 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

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