Linear
Linear is a project management and issue tracking app for software teams that helps plan work, track bugs, and manage development workflows.
What is Linear?
Linear is a productivity app for planning, tracking, and organizing software development work. Teams use it to manage issues, sprints, projects, and product roadmaps in one workspace, with desktop, web, and mobile access that supports day-to-day engineering and product operations. On Mac, the desktop app gives users a focused way to review assigned work, triage incoming tasks, follow project progress, and receive system notifications outside the browser. Linear also connects common software delivery workflows such as issue management, project planning, and team coordination, making it useful for developers, product managers, designers, and engineering teams. The app is published by Linear Orbit, Inc. and is commonly used as a central workspace for fast-moving product and software organizations.
Key features
- Create, assign, and track issues across teams
- Plan projects and product roadmaps in a shared workspace
- Review notifications and updates from the desktop app
- Search issues, projects, and recent work quickly
- Organize work with cycles, triage, and team views
- Use desktop tabs and keyboard shortcuts for faster navigation
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Linear is legitimate team productivity software. It may store local app data, send notifications, and sync work information with your Linear workspace, which is normal for project tracking and collaboration tools. If you use it for company work, remember that issues, comments, and project details can include internal business information, so follow your organization's account and device security practices.
Recommendation: Keep Linear if you use it for work or collaborate with a team through Linear. If you no longer use the service, you can remove the app and any leftover support files to reclaim space, but doing so may clear local preferences and cached workspace data.
Common paths
/Applications/Linear.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.linear
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Linear
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.linear.plist
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