Reviewers largely praise Linear for being fast, clean, and easy to adopt, with a keyboard-first workflow, strong shortcuts, and useful integrations like Slack, GitHub, and Discord. Many say it improves team alignment, visibility, and issue tracking while avoiding the bloat and friction they felt in tools like Jira, Asana, or ClickUp. A few limits come up repeatedly: less flexibility for custom workflows and roadmap planning, missing board or swim-lane views, and some confusing project, cycle, and active-task navigation as teams or planning needs grow.