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A smooth transition from Linear to Atono

Karla

Karla

Senior Communications Specialist at Atono

Tue Dec 30 2025 | 3 min read

The right tool doesn’t just help you move fast—it also helps everyone move together. If you’ve been using Linear, you already value speed, focus, and great UX. Atono was built with those same principles—but designed from the start to support cross-functional collaboration across the full product team.

Our built-in Linear import makes switching to Atono simple, so you can keep building without missing a step. Here’s why more teams are making the move—and what Atono unlocks when everyone’s working together.

Built for how teams actually build software

Linear is a great fit for development teams to define their work—but that covers only a small part of the software delivery lifecycle. Product teams work best when they have more context to plan, triage, support, and iterate together. Atono brings structure, visibility, and speed to the entire product workflow—so your team stays aligned from idea to delivery.

What Atono unlocks for your team

Coordinated delivery with flexible timeboxes
Separate time from scope. Atono timelines let teams plan around shared delivery windows without cramming everything into one board or workflow. Timeboxes handle delivery dates; product themes define scope.

Forecasts based on real delivery speed
Each team’s backlog shows estimated completion dates based on its historical cycle time. No setup, no guessing—just a clear forecast based on how your team actually works.

Distinct workflows for stories and bugs
No more one-size-fits-all pipelines. Atono separates stories and bugs by design, so features move through a structured refinement workflow, and bugs get the fast triage they require.

First-class acceptance criteria
Acceptance criteria have their own deep links, comments, and attachments—so they’re easy to reference, test, and update. Everything stays connected, even if a story changes.

Feature flags built in
Flip features on or off directly from the story they were built from. Atono’s flags work across environments and log history for easy rollbacks—no separate tool required.

Bug reports with full context
Our Chrome extension captures everything from OS and browser errors to viewport size—so engineers get what they need to debug, without back-and-forth or external tools.

Feature engagement
Keep the entire team informed about customer adoption with a built-in feature analytics—so key data is visible to everyone, not just the privileged few.

Easy import from Linear

Bring your issues into Atono with a CSV upload. You can:

  • Match teams and product themes by name

  • Classify items as stories or bugs

  • Map statuses to workflow steps

  • Retain original IDs for traceability

Read the import from Linear guide

Try importing a single project to explore how timelines, flags, and structured workflows come together—and see whether Atono’s a better fit for how your team works.

One platform, every stage

Whether you’re just starting out or scaling fast, Atono gives you the structure to move quickly—and the depth to grow without switching tools again.

Build better software together