Linear + Public Feedback Board for Indie Hackers

How should indie hackers connect Linear to a public feedback board? Keep votes and customer narrative on a public board; keep delivery in Linear; sync both ways so shipped issues update the roadmap and email voters. Do not make customers join Linear to vote, and do not dump raw Slack noise into Linear without triage. Feedjolt sits in the middle with Linear two-way sync and changelog-on-ship. Trial: https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Indies already standardized on Linear. The missing piece is a customer-facing voting surface that does not become a second eng backlog. This guide covers the gap, the target workflow, indie constraints, setup, alternatives (Linear Asks, suites), failure modes, and FAQ. Related: Slack + Linear feedback triage, public roadmap tools, MCP triage.

The Linear + public feedback gap

Linear is excellent for engineering delivery and weak as a public roadmap with voting and voter notify. Customers should not need Linear accounts. Raw Slack or email complaints should not become Linear issues without triage — that floods eng and leaks private context.

You need a middle layer: votable board, public roadmap, promote only prioritized work into Linear, sync status back, notify on ship.

Target workflow for indies

1. Capture via widget, email-in, or Slack mapping
2. Dedupe + vote on the public board (HITL merges)
3. Promote ready items to Linear
4. Ship in Linear
5. Board status + changelog + voter email fire

Indie constraints that change the design

• No PMM — keep 4–6 statuses max
• Cashflow — prefer flat workspace pricing over seat/tracked-user taxes
• Time — automate voter notify; do not hand-email
• Stack — Linear + Slack (+ Cursor MCP) is enough

Feedjolt homepage facts (Sep 2026, re-verify before buy): flat per-workspace pricing — Startup $9/mo by application, Growth $15/mo billed annually, Scale $39/mo billed annually; unlimited boards, posts, and contributors/voters; premium set (Slack, webhooks, REST & MCP API, SSO, audit logs, advanced AI, etc.) on Startup and Scale, not Growth; Linear two-way sync with voter email on ship; public roadmap + changelog; semantic merge with confidence bar; MCP for Claude/Cursor triage; 14-day trial at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register (no card).

Setting up Linear two-way sync (Feedjolt)

1. Connect Linear; pick the team that owns delivery
2. Promote one board post; confirm bidirectional link
3. Ship a test issue; verify voter email + roadmap update
4. Document status mapping so you do not invent folklore

Slack mappings and Linear sync sit on the premium set (Startup & Scale). Confirm before you pick Growth assuming integrations.

Linear Asks vs a public board

Linear Asks helps internal intake. It is not a substitute for customer voting, public roadmap narrative, or voter notify. Many indies need both: Asks/Slack internally, public board for customers, Linear for delivery.

Weekly 30-minute ritual

1. Merge duplicates
2. Reply on aging “new” posts
3. Promote in-scope top votes to Linear
4. Check shipped issues missing changelog
5. Optional MCP theme pass in Cursor

Failure modes

• Mapping noisy Slack channels → garbage posts
• Private customer data in public posts
• Two Linear issues for one board post
• Votes running eng (limit promote rights)
• Changelog lag after Linear Done

FAQ

Can customers vote without Linear accounts?

Yes — that is the point of the public board.

Will Slack noise flood Linear?

Not if you triage on the board first.

Do I need MCP?

Nice-to-have for solo triage speed; not required to start.

Start the indie loop

Publish one board, connect Linear, close the loop once. 14-day Feedjolt trial. Read Slack + Linear if Slack is your intake, and public roadmap tools for status vocabulary.

Example path

Slack #feedback: “We need SSO before security review.” Board post created or merged. Votes climb as you share the link with design partners. You promote to Linear (“Okta SSO for workspace admins”). Eng ships. Voters get a one-line email; changelog cites the board post. Boring on purpose — boring loops compound.

Pricing intersection

Unlimited voters matter when you invite your whole waitlist to the roadmap. Flat workspace pricing keeps that campaign from becoming an invoice event. Premium integrations on Startup/Scale — plan accordingly.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.

Operational ownership

Name a DRI for triage. Put the portal URL in onboarding. Review Planned monthly. Treat changelog + voter notify as definition of done for user-visible work. Tools amplify ownership; they do not replace it. Re-verify vendor docs the week you implement — product surfaces move.

Trial mindset

Prefer a fourteen-day trial with a real ship over a feature matrix debate. Connect intake, merge one duplicate carefully, promote one item, ship, and confirm a voter heard from you. That loop teaches more than another comparison table. Feedjolt’s trial is at https://www.feedjolt.com/en/register.