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# LinearB

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Engineering productivity platform with an AI code reviewer and gitStream, a rules engine for routing reviews.

## Overview

LinearB is an engineering productivity platform that helps engineering leaders measure delivery and see whether AI coding tools improve throughput. It runs its own AI code reviewer on every pull request, whether the code was written by people or agents.

gitStream, its rules engine, routes reviews and auto-approves low-risk changes, including Dependabot minor and patch version bumps. LinearB works with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps and has an MCP server for engineering data. It is a SaaS product, with on-prem agents on the Enterprise tier, priced at $29 or $59 per contributor per month.

**Who it is for:** Engineering leaders and developer experience teams.

## Features

* Measures delivery and whether AI coding tools improve throughput.
* AI code reviewer runs on every pull request.
* gitStream routes reviews and auto-approves low-risk changes.
* Auto-approves Dependabot minor and patch version bumps.
* Works with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps.
* MCP server for engineering data.

## Details

* Website

  [linearb.io](https://linearb.io/)

* Company

  LinearB

* Headquarters

  Los Angeles, CA

* Category

  [Code review & quality](/software-factories/category/code-review.md)

* Source

  Proprietary

* Deployment

  Cloud

* Topics

  * [Code review](/software-factories/?tag=code-review)
  * [Observability & cost tracking](/software-factories/?tag=observability)
  * [MCP](/software-factories/?tag=mcp)
  * [Enterprise](/software-factories/?tag=enterprise)

* Listed

  October 2026

* Last verified

  October 2026

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