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Komga vs Linear
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Komga and Linear — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Komga vs Linear: at a glance
What is Komga?
After two years of quiet fixes, Komga puts a whole new web UI in front of users.
Komga's recent history is almost entirely maintenance — archive-format edge cases, EPUB table-of-contents parsing, Kobo and OPDS compatibility, and a long tail of dependency bumps and translations. Release 1.26.0 breaks that pattern by shipping NextUI, a rewritten web interface, in beta and served alongside the existing one from the same server. The old UI remains the default, and the new one is reached from a sidebar link or a /next path, with a published list of what is still missing.
What is Linear?
Linear stopped being where work is described and became where it gets started.
Linear's recent output is dominated by one thread: an in-product agent. Linear Agent shipped, gained MCP so it can reach tools outside the workspace, and picked up intake from Intercom, Zendesk and Gong plus a deeplink handoff into external coding tools. Around it sits steady tracker work — team owners and permissions, multi-level sub-teams, time-in-status, advanced AND/OR filters, Releases, web forms for Asks, and a broad UI refresh.
Komga vs Linear: editorial side-by-side
Komga
6.3COLLAB
After two years of quiet fixes, Komga puts a whole new web UI in front of users.
◆ Current state
Komga's recent history is almost entirely maintenance — archive-format edge cases, EPUB table-of-contents parsing, Kobo and OPDS compatibility, and a long tail of dependency bumps and translations. Release 1.26.0 breaks that pattern by shipping NextUI, a rewritten web interface, in beta and served alongside the existing one from the same server. The old UI remains the default, and the new one is reached from a sidebar link or a /next path, with a published list of what is still missing.
◆ Where it's heading
This is a staged frontend replacement rather than a cutover: two UIs on one web server, a v2 referential API landing in the same release to back the new client, and a hotfix a few hours later for NextUI CSS layers under Tomcat. The backend is simplifying in parallel — RAR5 support moved to plain Java and libarchive was dropped from the Docker image and the tray app, removing a native dependency from the build. Feature work outside the UI stays narrow and format-focused.
◆ Prediction
Expect a run of point releases closing the gaps in NextUI's feature list and hardening the two-UI serving path, with the beta label staying on until parity is reached. A default switch is unlikely before the missing features land.
Linear
0.0COLLABPM
Linear stopped being where work is described and became where it gets started.
◆ Current state
Linear's recent output is dominated by one thread: an in-product agent. Linear Agent shipped, gained MCP so it can reach tools outside the workspace, and picked up intake from Intercom, Zendesk and Gong plus a deeplink handoff into external coding tools. Around it sits steady tracker work — team owners and permissions, multi-level sub-teams, time-in-status, advanced AND/OR filters, Releases, web forms for Asks, and a broad UI refresh.
◆ Where it's heading
The centre of gravity is moving from recording work to attempting it. Each release widens the agent's reach in a different direction: MCP for tools, support integrations for intake, deeplinks for handoff to coding agents. The conventional tracker features increasingly read as the substrate the agent operates on rather than the product itself.
◆ Prediction
Expect the next moves to deepen agent context and control rather than add tracker surface — more MCP-reachable actions, and permissions or review steps governing what the agent may do on its own.
Alternatives to Komga and Linear
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Komga or Linear.
AFFiNE
A nightly canary train where the AI platform work hides between dependency bumps
Flame
Self-hosted dashboard that finished its feature arc and stopped shipping in 2023.
CommaFeed
A self-hosted RSS reader that now spends most of its release notes on security.
SiYuan
SiYuan's v3.8.0 train restates one AI feature set across seven consecutive builds.
Jellyfin
Jellyfin renumbers to 12.0 and spends the whole cycle paying down its backend rewrite.
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Recent activity from Komga and Linear
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoKomgaKomga 1.26.0 ships NextUI, a rewritten web interface, in beta ⚡
- 1d agoKomgaRelease 1.26.1
- 1mo agoKomgaRelease 1.25.0
- 2mo agoLinearCoding sessions in Linear ⚡
- 2mo agoLinearTeam documents
- 2mo agoLinearLinear Diffs
- 2mo agoLinearProject Slack channels
- 2mo agoLinearCode Intelligence ⚡
- 3mo agoLinearReleases
- 3mo agoKomgaRelease 1.24.4
- 4mo agoKomgaRelease 1.24.3
- 4mo agoKomgaRelease 1.24.2
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Komga and Linear?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Komga is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Komga better than Linear?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Komga is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Komga?
Top Komga alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Komga alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/komga for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Linear?
Top Linear alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Linear alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/linear for the full list with editorial commentary on each.