# Linear MCP vs OpenProject (slim)

> OpenProject scores 57.4 (C) to Linear MCP's 53.8 (D) for issues and tasks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenProject scores 57.4 (C) on agent readiness against Linear MCP's 53.8 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Linear MCP leads on reliability and security & auth. Both do issues and tasks.

- Linear MCP: D 53.8, rank #698 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.min.md
- OpenProject: C 57.4, rank #610 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openproject.min.md
- Linear MCP, good for Teams on Linear who want an agent to triage, file and update issues under the user's permissions, with a hard read-only option. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 52; Security & auth, 71 against 59. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where OpenProject loses 5 points for them.
- OpenProject, good for Teams that want a self-hostable or EU-hosted project tool with Gantt, time tracking and budgets, and an agent working through a documented REST API. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 76 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 70 against 38; Maintenance & community, 75 against 57; Transparency & trust, 87 against 71. Also Open source.

| Category | Linear MCP | OpenProject |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 52 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 38 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 87 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Linear MCP | OpenProject |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Linear | OpenProject GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.linear.app/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP |
| Pricing | Your plan | Freemium |
| Licence | proprietary | GPL-3.0 for the OpenProject source. Enterprise add-ons need a paid token, and OpenProject Enterprise cloud runs under OpenProject's Terms of Service |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `app.linear/linear` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-08-13 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-06-09 | 2026-08-06 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-03-17 | no date given |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 16k stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |