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Linear alternative for agencies.

Linear is excellent for internal product teams. Agencies need client intake, triage, clear status, and retainer boundaries. Timelint is ticket-first and designed for external-facing agency work.

  • Client portal designed for ticket requests + replies.
  • Service desk inside projects (queue + SLA + ownership).
  • Ticket-first workflow (issue keys, boards, statuses).
  • Retainer hours + time tracking tied to tickets.
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Timelint portal ticket conversation

Agency-shaped workflow

Keep delivery and support coherent without enterprise overhead.

Client portal

Requests in, status out, with one thread per ticket and predictable access.

Service desk queue

Triage with ownership and ordering, inside the project workflow.

First response SLA

Keep promises visible in the queue and on tickets.

Retainer boundaries

Contract hours and out-of-contract flags tied to tickets.

Workflow templates

Keep statuses consistent across projects so the system doesn’t fragment.

Ticket-first time tracking

Timer or manual logs with required notes, tied to tickets.

Templates for triage and clarity

A coherent workflow is mostly habits and policies.

Support intake form template
Intake
The minimum fields that keep triage fast without endless back-and-forth.
Bug report template
Triage
Make issues reproducible: expected vs actual, environment, steps, and impact.
Support-to-delivery handoff checklist
Workflow
Move support into delivery work without losing context.

FAQ

Answers to common questions. Keyboard-friendly and accessible by default.

Is Timelint a Linear alternative for agencies? +
Yes—if you need client intake, service desk triage, and retainer boundaries. Linear is excellent for internal product teams; Timelint is agency-shaped.
Does it include a client portal? +
Yes. Clients submit requests and reply on tickets with predictable access.
Does it include a service desk? +
Yes. Service desk is built into projects with queue + triage and first response SLA.

Use a workflow shaped like agency work

Ticket-first project management for agencies.

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