Huly vs Linear
We give Huly a 3.6 GPA and Linear a 3.4, out of 4.0. Huly grades higher on value for money and the free plan. Linear grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Huly
Open-source project management with chat, docs and video calls
Linear
Issue tracking and product planning for software teams
How we grade them
| 3.6GPAHulyExcellent | 3.4GPALinearVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | ARare is a flat $19.99 a month with unlimited users, where most tools here charge about $8 for each person. You're paying for 100GB of storage and 100GB of call traffic, not for seats. Epic is $99.99 and Legendary $399.99 for more of both. | B$10 a person a month on yearly billing is about what you'd expect. Fair, not cheap, and the handy admin stuff is on the $16 plan. |
| Free plan and trial | AThe Common plan is free with unlimited users and Huly objects, 10GB of storage per workspace and 10GB of video and audio traffic. A team could stay here for good. You can also host it on your own server. | BUnlimited members for free is rare. But 250 issues goes quickly, so think of it as a long trial. |
| Features | AIssues in projects with components, milestones, labels and templates, plus two-way GitHub sync. Then a shared team planner with time blocks, chat, documents you edit together, and an office with meeting rooms for audio and video calls. AI is marked TBD on every plan. | AIssues, cycles, projects, initiatives, triage, and an AI agent on every plan. For a software team, it's all there. |
| Ease of use | BThere's no App Store rating on record for it, so a B is as high as we go. The cloud version is hosted for you. Hosting it yourself is another matter, with support that's largely community-based. | AReviewers call it fast and clean. It's built around how engineering teams already work, so there's not much to learn. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, Mac, Windows and Linux, but no native mobile app yet. The docs point you to the mobile browser and a Telegram bot for notifications. It syncs both ways with GitHub and connects to Google Calendar and Gmail. | BWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, and it hooks into GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Figma and more. No Linux app, and the phone app is thinner. |
| Best for | issues, chat, docs and calls in one tool | software teams tracking issues |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Huly and Linear. How we grade
Where they differ
- Huly starts at $19.99 / month flat, unlimited users. Linear starts at $10 per user / month, billed yearly.
- Only Huly lists a Linux app.
- Only Linear lists iOS and Android apps.
- Huly is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Huly also covers time blocking, documents, team chat and video calls.
- Linear also covers tasks and kanban boards.
At a glance
| Huly | Linear | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $19.99 / month flat, unlimited users | $10 per user / month, billed yearly |
| Free plan | Common plan: unlimited users and Huly objects, with 10GB of storage per workspace and 10GB of video and audio traffic. | Unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues, with the agent platform and Linear Agent included. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
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| Android | ||
| Made by | Huly Labs | Linear |
| Price read from | huly.io | linear.app |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Huly
- Teams that want issues, chat, docs and calls in one open-source tool
- Developers who want a planning front end over GitHub Issues
- Organizations that prefer to host project data on their own server
- Large teams, since every cloud plan includes unlimited users
Linear
- Software teams planning work in issues, cycles and projects
- Small teams: the free plan has no member limit
- Teams that hand issues to coding agents
Worth knowing
Huly
- There is no native mobile app yet; the docs point to the mobile browser and a Telegram bot for notifications.
- Cloud plans are metered by storage and call traffic: the free Common plan allows 10GB of each.
- AI is marked TBD on every plan, and the pricing page says compute charges will apply to the upcoming Huly AI features.
- Self-hosting support is largely community-based, and parts of the cloud version that rely on Cloudflare services are left out of the self-hosted packages.
Linear
- The Free plan stops at 250 issues and 2 teams.
- Private teams, guests, Linear Insights and Linear Asks need the Business plan at $16 per user / month.
- SAML and SCIM are limited to Enterprise, which is billed annually only.
- The download page lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps but no Linux app.
Key features
Huly
- Issue tracking and projects
- Work is tracked as issues inside projects, with components, milestones, labels and issue templates, and workspaces can be customized per team.
- Two-way GitHub sync
- Issues sync in both directions with GitHub across multiple repositories, so Huly can serve as a front end for GitHub Issues and GitHub Projects.
- Team planner and time-blocking
- The team planner shows everyone's tasks in one shared calendar, and individuals can turn their daily tasks into scheduled time blocks.
- Virtual office
- Teams set up their own office and meeting rooms with audio and video calls, and guests can be invited into a meeting from the workspace.
- Chat and inbox
- Direct messages and group chats live in the same workspace as the issues, and an inbox collects notifications about changes.
- Collaborative documents
- Documents are edited together in real time with rich text, images, attachments and code blocks, and can mention people, link issues and carry action items.
Linear
- Issues and cycles
- Every piece of work is tracked as an issue. Cycles are recurring, fixed-length periods that a team plans a set of issues into.
- Projects and initiatives
- Projects collect the issues behind one deliverable, and initiatives group several projects under a larger company objective.
- List and board layouts
- Nearly every issue view can switch between a list and a kanban-style board, with optional swimlanes for an extra grouping.
- Triage and Asks
- Triage is a review step for new work before a team takes it on. Linear Asks, on the Business plan, turns workplace requests into issues.
- Insights
- Built-in analytics for whichever set of work a team wants to examine. Linear Insights is part of the Business plan.
- Linear Agent and coding agents
- Linear Agent is included on every plan, and the integration directory lists coding agents such as Codex, Cursor and GitHub Copilot.
Plans
Huly
Common$0
Unlimited users and Huly objects, 10GB of storage per workspace and 10GB of video and audio traffic.
Rare$19.99
per month, flat rate with unlimited users
100GB of storage and 100GB of video and audio traffic. Aimed at individual creatives, freelancers and micro-agencies.
Epic$99.99
per month, flat rate with unlimited users
1TB of storage and 500GB of video and audio traffic. Aimed at professional creative companies and small businesses.
Legendary$399.99
per month, flat rate with unlimited users
10TB of storage and 2TB of video and audio traffic. Aimed at large organizations with multiple teams.
CustomCustom
Specific features, extra storage or enhanced support, priced by quote.
Linear
Free$0
Unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues, with the agent platform and Linear Agent.
Basic$10
per user / month, billed yearly
5 teams, unlimited issues, unlimited file uploads and admin roles.
Business$16
per user / month, billed yearly
Unlimited teams, private teams and guests, Linear Insights, Linear Asks, Triage Intelligence, and Zendesk and Intercom integrations.
EnterpriseCustom
SAML and SCIM, granular admin controls, invoice or PO billing, and migration and onboarding support. Annual billing only.
Ways to pay less
Huly
No public discounts listed.
Linear
- Nonprofit
75% off for eligible charities
Linear's billing docs offer eligible charities 75% off the Basic and Business plans on request by email. Enterprise is excluded.
- Education
Free year for students, 75% off for staff
The Education Program gives full-time students free access for one year and university staff a 75% discount, requested from a .edu address.
- Startups
Up to 6 months of Business free for startups
Startups with fewer than 50 employees that are not yet paying and belong to a Linear partner program can get up to 6 months of the Business plan free.
