| Price from | $10/mo | $10/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 9 |
| Spec score · Project management tools | 9.4 (#5) | 9.4 (#7) |
| Spec score · Project Management Software | 9.1 (#13) | 9.1 (#14) |
| Automation rules | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2019 | G2 lists Nifty Technologies, Inc. as serving customers since 2017. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan limits | The Free plan includes 250 issues, 2 teams, and 10 MB file uploads. | The Free plan includes unlimited members, 100 MB of storage, and two active projects. |
| Guest access | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Official integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Figma, Intercom, Zendesk, Notion, Sentry, Jira, Zapier, Salesforce, and Google Sheets. | Documented integrations include Google Docs, Drive and Calendar, Slack, Jira, Calendly, Zoom, Webex, Dropbox and imports from other project tools. |
| License | The public Linear repository contains tools, SDKs, and plugins under the MIT license; the hosted Linear product itself is proprietary and closed source. | Nifty's terms state that the service and its software and content are owned and protected by Nifty and its partners, with no open-source license offered. |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.8 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings | 4.3 out of 5 from 45 ratings |
| Rating on G2 | 4.6 out of 5 from 124 reviews | 4.7 out of 5 from 442 reviews |
| Rating on Google Play | 4.5 out of 5 from 1.28K reviews | 3.6 out of 5 from 223 reviews |
| Self-hosting | An independent 2026 review states that Linear has no community edition, self-hosted tier, or public source repository. | Nifty's published deployment options are hosted web, desktop and mobile apps; no self-hosted edition is listed on its apps or pricing pages. |
| Paid from | 10 | 10 |
| Webhooks | Webhooks send HTTP(S) notifications when Linear data is created or updated, enabling external integrations. | The v3 API lets developers register workspace-scoped HTTPS webhooks for events such as task creation and updates. |
| What it does | Linear is a product-development system for planning, building, and shipping software with teams and agents. | Nifty combines project planning, tasks, roadmaps, documents, files, discussions, chat and reporting in one workspace. |
