---
title: "Fredrin vs Linear"
description: "Linear's agent now opens PRs on prepaid credits. Fredrin runs Claude Code and Codex on your own plan and machine, with a worktree and a PR per ticket."
url: "https://www.fredrin.com/vs/linear"
---

# Fredrin vs Linear

Linear plans the work, and its agent now codes issues in a cloud sandbox billed to prepaid credits. Fredrin runs every ticket on your own Claude Code or Codex plan, in a worktree on your machine, through to a merged pull request. Here's the honest comparison, and where a desktop board of parallel agents pulls ahead.

## What each tool is for

### Linear (issue tracker)

Linear plans the work, and its agent now codes issues in a cloud sandbox billed to prepaid credits.

### Fredrin (desktop agent board)

Fredrin runs every ticket on your own Claude Code or Codex plan, in a worktree on your machine, through to a merged pull request.

## Fredrin vs Linear, side by side

Linear earns partial credit where it legitimately covers a row. Nothing here is stacked against it. Every Linear row was checked against its own site and docs in October 2026.

### Running agents

| Capability | Linear | Fredrin |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Many coding agents in parallel | Yes | Yes |
| Runs on your Claude Code or Codex plan | Partial — via partner agents | Yes |
| Each task in a worktree on your machine | Partial — cloud sandbox | Yes |
| Pick the model and effort per task | Partial — model set by admins | Yes |

### Review and shipping

| Capability | Linear | Fredrin |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A plan with verification checks per task | Partial — approach, no checks | Yes |
| Per-task workflows: review, screenshots, TDD | Partial — skills and Loops | Yes |
| Pull request and CI status on the ticket | Yes | Yes |
| Red CI sent back to an agent to fix | Partial — by hand | Yes |
| Merge-safety score before you merge | Partial — third-party score | Yes |
| Conflicts fixed by an agent, for your review | Partial — ask for a rebase | Yes |

### Planning and teamwork

| Capability | Linear | Fredrin |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Issue tracking: cycles, roadmaps, triage | Yes | Partial — board, goals, labels |
| Kanban from backlog to review | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduled automations that start agents | Yes | Yes |
| Plan and merge approvals for a team | Partial — PR approvals only | Yes |
| Team chat built in | No | Yes |

### Platform and price

| Capability | Linear | Fredrin |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Runs on Linux | Partial — web app only | Yes |
| Work from your phone | Yes | Partial — browser, no app |
| Agents on the free tier | No | Yes |
| Flat price under heavy agent use | Partial — prepaid credits | Yes |

## Why teams move from Linear to Fredrin

### Your plan, not prepaid credits

A Linear coding session bills model tokens plus sandbox time against credits you top up in advance. Fredrin runs Claude Code and Codex on the subscription you already hold, so a busy week of parallel runs does not draw down a balance.

### The agent works where your code lives

Linear's agent works in a cloud sandbox. Fredrin gives each ticket its own branch and git worktree on your machine, or on one you pair, with your toolchain and your dev servers, and runs the agent you already use in a real terminal.

### Shipping, not just reviewing

Linear now shows the diff and the checks on the issue. Fredrin acts on them: a merge-safety score on every pull request, Fix CI when a check goes red, a conflict fixed and handed back for your review, and auto-merge once it is green.

## An honest read

### Choose Linear

You run a product org on planning depth: triage, cycles, initiatives, roadmaps and customer requests, with native phone apps, and you want an agent one assignment away from any issue. Linear is unmatched there, and many teams keep it for planning.

### Choose Fredrin

Your bottleneck is getting AI-written code shipped on the Claude Code or Codex plan you already pay for, with a plan, a workflow and a safety check on every ticket before it merges.

## Fredrin vs Linear: FAQ

### Is Fredrin a Linear alternative?

For running and shipping agent work, yes; for long-range product planning, not really. Linear is a deep planning tool whose agent now opens draft pull requests from a cloud sandbox. Fredrin is a board where every ticket runs Claude Code or Codex on your own plan and ends in a pull request. Plenty of teams plan in Linear and build in Fredrin.

### Does Linear run coding agents now?

Yes. Linear's own agent runs coding sessions in a cloud environment and returns a draft pull request, and you can assign issues to partner agents too. Its sessions bill model tokens plus sandbox time against prepaid credits. Fredrin runs the agent CLI you already subscribe to, on your machine.

### Can Fredrin track issues, cycles and roadmaps like Linear?

Not to Linear's depth. Fredrin's board has columns, labels, goals that run their tickets in order and automations that file tickets on a schedule: it is built for running work, not for planning a quarter. For cycles and roadmaps, Linear is the stronger tool.

### How does pricing compare to Linear's agent credits?

Linear seats are $10 to $16 a user a month on annual billing, and coding sessions draw on prepaid credits: model tokens at provider rates plus $0.25 per 20 minutes of sandbox, from a $10 top-up, expiring after a year. Fredrin is free for up to 5 people, Pro is $20/mo and Team is $29/seat/mo for every member, from the 6th member, and agent runs ride your own subscription (Linear's figures as of October 2026; illustrative, not a quote).