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Fast, opinionated project management for software teams with a keyboard-first interface, cycles, roadmaps, and deep GitHub/GitLab integration. Used by Vercel, Anthropic, and Coinbase. The modern Jira alternative that engineering teams actually enjoy using, with a clean design and responsive UI that makes issue tracking feel effortless rather than burdensome.

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Linear is a modern project management and issue tracking tool built specifically for software development teams who value speed, quality, and streamlined workflows. It solves the frustration of slow, bloated project management tools by providing a fast, keyboard-driven interface that makes issue tracking feel effortless rather than burdensome. Linear is designed around opinionated best practices for software development workflows, including cycles, triage, backlogs, and roadmaps, reducing the configuration overhead that plagues traditional project management tools.

Linear offers an exceptionally responsive interface with sub-100ms interactions, full keyboard navigation, and a command palette for every action. Key features include automated workflows with customizable triggers, cycle-based sprint planning, roadmap views for long-term planning, project grouping for cross-team initiatives, Git integration with automatic issue status updates from pull requests, and built-in triage workflows for managing incoming requests. Linear also provides a powerful API, real-time sync across devices, and AI-powered features for writing issues and summarizing projects.

Linear is designed for software engineering teams, product managers, and development organizations that want a tool matching the speed and precision of their development workflow. It is particularly popular among startups and fast-moving product teams who find tools like Jira too heavyweight and slow. Linear integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Figma, Sentry, Zendesk, and other development tools, and offers a Slack-like command interface that makes it easy for team members to create, update, and discuss issues without context switching.

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Free (Starter) / Plus $8/user/mo / Business $14/user/mo

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Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android

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