Compare the differences between GitClear and LinearB
How does GitClear (launched 2020) compare to LinearB (launched 2018) over 53 features that NoteApps indexes? We have found & documented 34 features in GitClear vs 28 features in LinearB. A complete accounting of their feature availability is provided below.
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GitClear has 34 cataloged features
LinearB has 28 cataloged features
Difficulty of switching between apps:
Equal parts similar and different.
Migration won't be super easy, but not terrible
20 overlapping features
offered by both
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GitClearLaunched 2020
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LinearBLaunched 2018
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Code Quality
Instrumentation of code quality metrics
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Bug-fixing work graph
Graph of how much recent work has been spent on bug-fixing
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Copy/paste graph
A graph show how much duplicated code has been generated
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Copy/paste graph => Copy/paste within commit
Within a particular commit, the amount of copy/pasted code is graphed
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Copy/paste graph => Copy/paste within repo
How many duplicated blocks of code exist across the entire repo
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Cyclomatic (or equivalent) complexity analysis
Graph of the cumulative complexity (often expressed as "cyclomatic complexity") per file
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Legacy refactor graph
Graph shows how much work is being done to refactor legacy code (by deleting, moving, or updating it)
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Tech debt directories
A graph or table shows the directories that are deemed highest in tech debt
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Tech debt files
Which files have the highest percentage of defects during a chosen time range
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Test code graph
How much energy/volume has been dedicated to writing & maintaining test code
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Developer Experience (DevEx)
Analytics to measure the experience of the team's developers
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Active days with commit
Manager can be notified when developers are complete a commit during a worked day
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Deep work percent
What percentage of the week was available for developers to undertake uninterrupted programming
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Documentation coverage graph
The cumulative energy or work volume spent writing or maintaining repo documentation
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Employee Net Promoter Score (NPS)
Developers can be surveyed for what percent would recommend their work environment to a friend
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Progress consistency graph
A per-hour graph is available to indicate whether certain times of week tend to prevent productive work
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Satisfaction/sentiment survey
Manager can measure their team's satisfaction via a configurable developer survey
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Satisfaction/sentiment survey => Anonymized satisfaction survey
Surveys can be configured to allow (or obligate) anonymous responses
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Developer Productivity Measurement
What possibilities does the app offer with regard to evaluating the capabilities of an individual developer?
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Blended measurement is featured
The company spotlights at least one "summary" metric that, they purport, collectively shows team velocity over time
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Changed Lines of Code Graph
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Commit Count Graph
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Notification on above average performance
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Notification on below usual performance
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Stack-rank [Anti-Feature]
A "leaderboard" where developers are put in order of performance is available. EngineeringAnalytics staff recommends against this feature, but still tracks it for completeness.
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Google DORA
Features pertaining to Google DORA
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Change Lead Time Graph
A graph of the average time from "first change" to "deployed"
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Critical defects
Site allows critical defects (the unit of "site defects" and "time to repair") to be recorded and resolved
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Critical defects => API to mark resolved
An API call can be utilized to designate defects as repaired
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Critical defects => Entered via UI on site
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Critical defects => Recognized via issue
A Jira ticket with one or more fields of a particular value (e.g., "Severity" of "Very high") can be auto-interpreted as a defect
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Defect Rate (%) Graph
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Deploy Frequency Graph
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Deploy tracking
Repo deploys are recorded
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Deploy tracking => Recorded via API
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Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) Graph
Critical defects are tracked and presented as a graph of the team's MTTR
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Historical Performance Stats
What charts, graphs and related features are available to see how the team has performed in the past vs. present?
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Annual review
An report is available that summarizes the past months (configurable, to at least 3, 6 and 12) of an individual developer's achievements
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Blended Team Progress Graph
Graph that blends team performance metrics together as a convenience to confer overall progress
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Issue Tracker
What features are available to help a team stick to implementing features & improvements directed by the team's issue tracker (e.g., Jira)
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Bug Work Graph
Illustration of the relative volume of developer work on fixing bugs: either tickets with "bug" label, or tickets otherwise inferred as bug work
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Issues by Size Graph
Issues are graphed by the volume of work that was applied to them during a time range
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Unplanned Work Graph
Illustration of the relative volume of developer work that was applied to working on issue tracker tickets, vs. unattributed work
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Pull Requests
Features and notifications pertaining to pull requests
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Abandoned (No recent work)
Pull requests that haven't received any work over a long duration generate a notification
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Abandoned (closed without merge)
Notifications can be generated when a pull request is closed without being merged
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Code Review
An on-site tool is available to review and comment upon the code that implements a pull request
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Cycle Time ("First Change" to "Merged") Graph
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Cycle Time ("First Change" to "Merged") Graph => Notification thresholds can be set
Threshold can be chosen to be notified when too much time passes between "First Change" and "Merge"
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Lead Time ("First Change" to "Deploy") Graph
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Lead Time ("First Change" to "Deploy") Graph => Notification can be set
Threshold can be chosen to be notified when too much time passes between "First Change" and "Deploy"
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Pickup Time ("Open" to "First Review") Graph
A graph summarizes the team's running average time from "PR open" to "first review," sometimes referred to as "Pickup Time"
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Pickup Time ("Open" to "First Review") Graph => Notification thresholds can be set
The user can choose a threshold at which to receive notifications when a PR has exceeded the "open" to "first review" target
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Review Time ("First Review" to "Merge") Graph
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Size Graph
A graph of the "total mass" (commits, blended metric, etc) for PRs opened
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Size Graph => Notification thresholds can be set
Notification can be automated when a PR exceeds size target
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Target for "Test" code
A threshold/notification can be set for the amount of code/energy dedicated to tests (unit, integration, or system)
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Unreviewed When Merged Graph
A graph of the percentage of PRs that were merged without receiving a non-bot review
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Sprint/Weekly Progress Indicators
What features are available to track day-to-day progress, including progress on the team's sprint, if sprints are used?
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Burndown Chart
A chart depicts how much work remains for the current sprint
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Time to Complete Estimate
A graph or similar visualization depicts the projected time to finish the pending Sprint tasks
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