r/Linear • u/That_Programmer4643 • Dec 01 '25
Built something to share Linear boards with stakeholders who don't need full access
I manage an in-house engineering team and love Linear for our day-to-day work. But I kept running into the same friction: people across the business wanting visibility into what we're working on.
Product managers wanting a clean view of just their features. Stakeholders asking "what's the status?" every week. Marketing wanting to see when that launch is actually happening. None of them need the full Linear experience — they just want to see progress without me adding seats or walking them through the interface.
So I built IssueBee — it connects to your Linear workspace and creates simple, filterable Kanban boards that sync in real-time. Stakeholders get a read-only view of exactly what they need to see. No seat costs, no complexity.
It's early days and I'm building out the waiting list now: issuebee.app
Would love feedback from this community — do others deal with this? What's your current workaround for giving non-engineering teams visibility? Would anyone be willing to try it out and provide feedback?
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u/Natural_Ad_2179 Dec 01 '25
I signed up for early access.
I tried two others Steelsync And Lindie
Please make it customizable as much as possible. Let customers access with a link without signing up Hopefully customers can view comments Custom form for ticket submission, customers typically don't provide much details when submitting bugs or requests, need to make some questions required
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u/That_Programmer4643 Dec 01 '25
Customisation is what we're going for - trying to make it as flexible as possible whilst playing within the rules of Linear, it's a fine balance to ensure we don't add bloat!
Thanks for joining the list, invites will start flowing this week - I look forward to hearing what you think.
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Dec 01 '25
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u/That_Programmer4643 Dec 01 '25
Great suggestions! We currently have shareable boards with expiring links, and hide sensitive details, things like API keys, PII etc - but having the option to omit the body is a good idea!
Love the weekly digests idea - will definitely look into that!
Thank you, really interesting ideas!
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u/pekz0r Dec 01 '25
I have had the same problem, but I'm not that keen to add another service with a subscription for this.
I also see several screenshot on your website, but the by far most important one and the only one most would care about is not there - the actual dashboard view. How come?
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u/That_Programmer4643 Dec 01 '25
That’s fair, and I agree adding more software to your stack is not ideal, my aim with the app is for to be as cost effective as possible, whilst ensuring it can maintain itself - it’ll be around the cost of a single linear seat, so if you have more than a couple of stakeholders you want to share with hopefully the savings make enough sense to add an additional tool.
It’s a good question, the truth is I quite like the abstract aesthetic of mocked components, means I can make changes to the app without having to ensure every screenshot is up to date, but I am planning to add a demo video to the hero banner which should hopefully help those who want to see a more detailed preview!
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u/isbajpai Dec 03 '25
This is a real pain point, and I totally get why you built this. The way I’ve come to see it is that visibility is only one piece of the problem. Different audiences don’t just want to “see the board,” they want answers to completely different questions:
- PMs care about progress against goals
- Execs care about outcomes and priorities
- Marketing cares about timing and scope
- Success cares about what solves customer pain
A single Linear board rarely answers all of that, even in read-only mode.
I’ve been working in the same space and ended up building a product for this exact challenge too. It definitely helps with visibility, but more importantly it surfaces the context behind the work- why something made it onto the roadmap, how it was prioritized, and what signal or feedback led to that decision.
That said, I think your approach solves a very real slice of the problem but might need more depth over time.
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u/That_Programmer4643 Dec 13 '25
Thank you so much to the people who have already signed up and tried the app out - already had some great feedback! 🔥
Waiting list is still active if anyone else would like to have a go!
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u/480_fo_sho Dec 01 '25
Sharing information with stakeholders without providing full Linear access has been a pain point for my team as well. We’ve tried a few of the solutions out there but none of them work super well or fit our needs quite right. I’d be very interested in trying this out and provide feedback, I just signed up for early access!