Linear ships the fastest, sharpest tracker there is. Stop being the only thing that remembers why.
A tracker keeps the what — “Move billing off Stripe” — and cuts off the why: the churn call that started it, the spreadsheet where you priced it, the ticket behind it. Dump that pile in plain language and Naumu holds the task next to its reasons, then answers across all of it.
Why it holds up
Connected, traceable, and yours from any assistant.
It keeps the task with its reasons
A Linear card is the move; the decision, the note, and the call that justified it live in three other apps. Naumu links them into one map by meaning — so six weeks later the ticket still carries its why, not just its what.
Every answer has a receipt
Ask “what should I build next, and why?” and the answer comes back with the source and timestamp it leaned on — the trial feedback, the investor note. Nothing invented, nothing floating free of where you said it.
Keep Linear. Connect it. Run both.
On the fence? Connect your Linear over OAuth and Naumu syncs your issues in as nodes — kept up to date as work changes. Keep shipping where you ship; let Naumu hold the thinking, and switch fully only once it has earned it.
The honest comparison
Where each tool actually wins.
A rigged table fools no one. Here’s the real split — including the rows Linear wins outright.
Team coordination
Best-in-class — shared cycles, assignees, triage queues, all fast and polished.
Not the job. First-person singular today; it holds your build, not a team’s board.
Sprint cycles, velocity & estimates
Native and mature — real planning signal for a real team.
Not a cadence-planning tool. We concede this one outright.
Speed & polish of the issue UI
Exceptional — keyboard-first, instant, a joy to fly through.
A different surface: you ask in plain language instead of navigating a board.
Dev-workflow integrations (GitHub, CI)
Deep, dedicated, battle-tested across the shipping pipeline.
Connects tools to bring your pile in, not to run your deploy loop.
Capturing a thought
Pick a project, status, and label before the thought can land.
Dump it raw — type, paste, drag, talk. It proposes the map and you approve what files.
Keeping a task with its reasons
The card is the move; the why is cut off in another app.
One map holds the task, the decision, the note, and the call together.
Connecting across sources
Issues link to issues; the doc, voice memo, and Slack thread stay islands.
Links a doc, a voice memo, and a Slack message into one map by meaning.
Asking “what next, and why?”
The board shows the order, never the argument behind it.
Ask in plain language; the answer comes from the connections, with a source.
Your AI assistant
AI summarizes and triages inside Linear’s own product.
Your ChatGPT writes the same brain Claude reads — as you, and reversible, over MCP.
Staying useful without upkeep
The board degrades the week you stop grooming it.
You never re-file it — it stays organized on its own; nothing to groom.
Trying it
Free tier, but you sign up and set up teams before it’s useful.
No signup to try; nothing saved until you keep, so the trial costs you nothing.
If you have an actual team coordinating a roadmap — shared cycles, velocity charts, triage queues, assignees — use Linear. It’s faster, more polished, and purpose-built for exactly that, and we won’t pretend otherwise. Naumu is for the other thing: the solo build whose cards have all the what and none of the why, where the reasons are scattered across a tracker, a notes app, and a chat thread, and you’ve quietly become the only memory.
FAQ
Switching from Linear, honestly.
Compare Naumu with other tools
Stop being the only memory. Start asking.
Sync your Linear issues, drag a churn call, paste a paused decision. Naumu reads it, connects it to the work, and from then on the task carries its reason instead of you.