Linear

“We're a small dev team (3 engineers + a UX designer). I wanted to see how far we could push Linear as the actual control plane for an AI coding agent. I love that Linear issues can serve as a centralized brain for both developers and LLMs to read/write from. I was having Claude Code go into plan mode, post the plan to the Linear issue for us to edit, then start a fresh session, have it read the issue and implement it. At first I used OpenClaw to check the Linear board every 30 minutes and pick u”

“The mobile app is absolutely abysmal. Apart from the weird iOS UI pattern of the back button being located at the bottom of the screen, you can’t edit Project Overviews or Initiatives. Has Linear ceased working on the mobile app? It seems abandoned. Does the API make it possible to build your own?”

“I switched from GitHub Issues to Linear a while ago and it stuck. It turned into the backbone of how I work: I write my PRDs in Linear, break them into issues with dependencies, and my AI agents work those issues slice by slice and write status and results back. The issues are the durable memory between agent sessions. An agent reads the issue to know where it left off, instead of me re-feeding it a huge context every time. That workflow means my agents touch Linear constantly, and two costs sho”

“Avid fan of Linear here. Very interested to know whats next on the Linear roadmap. Docs implementation was a huge win, and the reviews are also an incredible feature. Will we be able to run actions from linear in future?”

“Got tired of paying $20+/month for simple customer feedback forms that create Linear issues (and share public linear boards/views), so I'm building linear.gratis - completely free and open source. It's currently in very early stages so any contributions are definitely welcome. The idea so make linear.gratis a suite of customer facing linear extensions. This is because as much as I absolutely love linear and use it daily, I find that this is use case is one the unfortunate weaknesses atm (first h”

“Hi Linear team, I want to file a formal complaint about how our account was handled. We're a startup that migrated our entire task management and backlog into Linear after activating a 6-month Perk plan. This morning, without any notice, authorization, or action on our part, our workspace was deleted and our plan was silently downgraded to Free. Deleting a paying customer's workspace and wiping their data with no warning is not an acceptable way to treat user data. There was no advance email,”

“Linear brags about "god-tier design," but they literally trap your data. I deleted my workspace and now I’m stuck in a permanent redirect loop. The app won't let me access my own profile settings to delete my account unless I'm "in" a workspace. So my email just stays in their database forever unless I beg support to delete me? Total bullshit. 1 star for making it impossible to leave.”

“I'm amazed by the simplicity and convenience Linear provides, especially the price point for the free and paid tiers versus what other similar companies provide. I'm using the free version, but it has all the functionality I need to get work done, compared to Jira/Atlassian, which has most of the basic features under expensive subscription models. I'll definitely be willing to pay for the subscription if my team grows larger or recommend companies start using this over other competitors.”

“Onboarding with Linear is near-instant, and the daily user experience is incredibly smooth. I’m a huge fan of the clean, focused interface and how seamlessly it integrates with Slack and GitHub. It’s exceptionally reliable—performance is snappy, and bugs are a rarity. While I’d love a bit more flexibility for custom workflows, I suspect that’s already on their roadmap. Highly recommended for teams that value speed.”

“What's the point if you can't even log in: Used to work but after one of the updates the app gets stuck at the sign in screen. Even reinstall did not help. Lame”

“Buggy App, Loses Data: The desktop and web Linear experiences are good, but the iOS app is not. Instead of inline editing of issue text that syncs automatically, editing an issue requires opening a separate dialogue, and the results are not saved until you upload it. I’ve lost so much data because of this, especially when I have a spotty connection, like on the subway, or when navigating away and reopening the app. Sometimes the upload button just times out, and you have to pray that your work d”

“Absolutely terrible: Crashes constantly when opening any issue. Switched to using the web app”

“Honestly, not much. Linear manages to feel nimble and intuitive while offering a huge depth of functionality, which is a really hard trick to pull off. That's the niche it's conquered. And if you need more functionality, there's Jira. I don't think there's any one feature that would make a difference.”

“Linear brags about "god-tier design," but they literally trap your data. I deleted my workspace and now I’m stuck in a permanent redirect loop. The app won't let me access my own profile settings to delete my account unless I'm "in" a workspace. So my email just stays in their database forever unless I beg support to delete me? Total bullshit. 1 star for making it impossible to leave.”

“The mobile app is absolutely abysmal. Apart from the weird iOS UI pattern of the back button being located at the bottom of the screen, you can’t edit Project Overviews or Initiatives. Has Linear ceased working on the mobile app? It seems abandoned. Does the API make it possible to build your own?”

“I've used Jira at 6 different companies in the past. My current job uses Linear . Jira is slow, there are times where it's hard to find a certain action and other actions you don't ever want to use get repeated throughout the app. Linear isn't a magic bullet, it's just consistently better than Jira in design and performance all throughout. They also have some pretty sweet integrations with third party apps (which keep in mind Jira has too) but feels less like an afterthought and more of an i”