Linear is an agile project management tool built to help teams stay organized and focused. Linear empowers teams to efficiently manage tasks and collaborate on projects by offering features such as issue tracking, roadmap planning, and project prioritization.
Linear is also often used as Issue Tracking of choice in Web Development and Product Management tech stacks.
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Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows, Mobile Android, Mobile iPhone |
Training | Documentation |
Languages | English |
- Speed: compared to Jira, Linear is fun - Keyboard support - Dark mode - Focused on simplicity - Integrations (e.g. with Figma and Sentry) - GraphQL API - The Linear way
- More analytics and insights on the standard plan
Project management
It's straight forward and it gets the job done. Also available in dark mode.
There's a lot of keyboard shortcuts that aren't always intuitive.
Helps track bugs and issues for our dev team.
Great for handling task management while having a very immersive UI which in turn increases productivity within our team, also suitable for collaboration with different members of the group.
Linear lacks an android app which would come in handy which linear currently doesn't have.
Our whole team depends on linear and most importantly it's a lifeline for us to keep us on track to fulfill our goals and requirement and adjust tasks on the basis of priority.
Linear makes managing tasks more productive, we use it to assign the development team to filter and fix bug reports generated by the DevOps team, for better system performance and stability, it also makes collaborating much easier and manages KPI and user credential data in the forms of charts and graphs for better visualization.
Linear currently lacks a more definitive visual representation for managing KPIs that can be edited and customized, moreover currently lacks android based mobile application.
We use linear for its tracking feature which keeps us on track to fulfill our goals and duties more efficiently while having a bonus of different styles and themes boards for tasks and activity which increases our productivity and data flow for better visualization, Moreover team collaboration is also helping us map task and increase workplace communication.
Linear is a slim and powerful development tool that makes it easy to manage and track issues and tasks in a project. The interface is clean and intuitive, making it easy to navigate and find the information you need. Additionally, the tool offers a wide range of features such as notifications, labels, and integration with other tools like GitHub, which makes it a great option for teams of any size. Overall, Linear is an excellent choice for anyone looking for a streamlined and efficient way to manage their development projects.
Any development tool needs to be tightly integrated with docs or knowledge management tools. This is where Linear could be improved. If hey created as well a crafted Knowledge Manager i would be very impressed. Something like Slite.
Clean and focussed issue management.
Linear is our go-to software for issue tracking within the development cycle, we use different types of visual representations such as graphs and Gantt charts to improve productivity and solve bugs.
Linear currently lacks a mobile-based application which makes it a little harder to use and analyze things on a go, Moreover UX needs improvement which makes login in much easier with SSO and 2FA.
We use Linear as our daily CRM for task and issues which need to be solved, Moreover Linear has the best collaboration features which makes our team bonding on any particular task easier and help us track KPIs for productivity analysis.
Linear is everything that I ever dreamed a development tracking tool could be and MORE. I've used so many different tools in the past, and for a me (someone who works on small software product development teams), it's the best thing I've ever seen. What I love: - it's fast. really fast - it's beautiful . I believe the founder/CEO is a designer? It's shows. The UX is flawless. I feel happy every time I open the product. - it integrates with Github - it's super easy to configure to fit the way we work - when entering a new issue, potential duplicates are conveniently displayed - highlight text and make an issue - best WYSIWYG editor in any tracking tool I've ever used. It just works.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but there is literally nothing I dislike about this tool. Well done.
I am using Linear with a stealth-mode startup on a team size of 5. We use this product daily to track our design, development and testing tasks.
It is fast, it is beautiful, it is has fantastic UX, it has great integrations, they constantly ship great, innovative features
Really hard to say - probably that they run product and coroporate website on same domain, so it is hard to find website when logged in
We manage the Agile Lifecycle of our SaaS Product with Linear: Roadmap, Sprints, Features, Bugs...
Simplicity and stunning design base in bento and a lots of product integration.
Lack of simple time tracking tool and lack of integration eg. tempo app.
Working with an international, fully remote team can be challenging when it comes to tracking milestones and issues. However, Linear addresses almost all of these challenges.
Team interconnectivity is the most helpful benefit of having Linear. We can share issues from one project to another and also check what Product team is planning in the timeline view.
Maybe the sidebar has many tabs together. It makes it annoying to navigate the sidebar. It could improve by making the letter bigger and trying to not combine icons with letters in the tabs.
Currently, many teams of the company are using Linear and it is helpful to have a central place to know what each other is doing, and to share tasks from project to anoother.
Linear makes it very easy to create issues, paste in a load of screenshots and detail, and assign it to a team mate.
I don't really have any objections, it's solid.
I need to quickly jot down tickets for development, often in the middle of a meeting, and Linear makes that clean and easy.
Direct integration with Github is probably one of the best features for us. It allows us to keep track of our updates and fixes, referencing the commit. It allows for our team mates to be able to keep up to date.
A bit of dead space and one thing we never really understood is the inbox. There is no explanation on what it is. But other than that, all good. Linear is still one of our favs.
To fall back on our previous answer, being able to update and reference our commits to let our team view the changes and update everything through the app is great.
Linear is as agile as it can be. The UI/UX of linear is so smooth that you will never think of returning to other softwares. I like the fact that it's experience is unparalleled when it comes to running cross platform.
I love almost everything about linear. One thing that our team struggled is that it took some time to get comfortable with linear. I wish if there could be some sorts of guide for users migrating from other mainstream similar softwares.
Linear wants to make Agile processes more user friendly and accessible. Accessbility (keyboard shortcut, look and feel etc) is the best attributes of linear. It's integration with other softwares like slack is also something we regularly use and makes the entire work processes much simpler.
Linear is extremely easy to use. There is a web application and a desktop application (I prefer to use the desktop application). The UI is simple and straightforward. I can add different types of tags/labels to each ticket. I can also change the status, the priority, the sprint, the project, etc. and add engineering estimates. I have used both Jira and Asana extensively in previous roles, and I find the UI of Linear to be superior.
I wish there were also mobile applications like Jira or Asana have! This would help me create tickets for my team, update statuses, or respond to comments on-the-go rather than having to wait until I'm back at my computer. Additionally, I think it would be helpful if Linear also had an adjacent documentation software (similar to Atlassian's Confluence) so that we didn't have to use other software for PRDs, architecture documentation, and other forms of documentation related to our sprints.
Linear helps us with sprint planning, quarterly roadmapping, ticket/project status tracking, prioritization, and so much more! Linear is our one-stop shop for all things related to planning and resourcing.
Easy to use and great for tracking efficiently
maybe the user interface or the lack of possibility to add more details on the progress like, beginning, middle, end ( completed)
it helps us track our work in development and not only
Easy to use & opinionated. Great productivity features like cycles, roadmaps and more. Fantastic integration with developer tools like Gitlab.
Needs a Linux native and iPhone native app. Could use more integration with sales-based workflows.
Productivity, product development, task insights.
- vim-like shortcuts - simple UI -beautiful design - opinionated - very fast - works offline - great GitHub integration - easy to contact support via command/omnibar
- no ability to merge labels - copy-pasting and working with images are buggy - inbox filters are not synced across clients - no group logic-operators for filters
- issue management - bug logging - project management - product management - engineering management
Keyboard shortcuts! These cannot be understated. You can use them in browser or in-app and never touch a mouse. It's fairly lightweight, and smooth, and is constantly adding features. The API is delightful along with the various integrations.
I'd love to see more improvements to charting/data/metrics as well as teams. They are making great strides, however.
It is making work visible, helping to keep alignment on projects, goals and targets. It is continuing to help us plan and improve our workflows and we move faster as a result.
It's simple and easy to use, with all the features you want and very little that you don't need. It integrates well with other services we use like Slack, Figma, and Canny
Nothing bad to say really. They toyed with some glassmorphic design elements recently that I didn't love but they've since abandoned that thankfully.
It helps us easily manage our issue backlog and prioritise our workflow.
Linear is fast, easy and carefully designed. Unlike other project management tools you are asked to work in a methodology which they have defined is best for software companies. Solved most of the problems of other PM tools.
They charge you the same amount for guests and that could be challenging if you are working with external parties.
Linear helps to streamline our dev and design teams. We create roadmaps, projects, and sprints and maintain our backlog of tasks in Linear. We also use it to handle support cases.