Jira to Linear migration guides
Practical guides for moving from Jira to Linear: planning the migration, mapping fields, keeping issue keys, sprints and versions, and a cut-over checklist.
How to migrate from Jira to Linear: a step-by-step guide
A practical plan for moving from Jira to Linear: what to clean up, how concepts map, which import method to choose, and how to cut over without losing history.
Read the guide 3 min readWhat Linear's Jira importer imports — and leaves behind
Linear's free Jira importer skips custom fields, fix versions, sprints, pull request links and watchers, and links most files back to Jira. Here's what moves.
Read the guide 5 min readJira to Linear mapping: epics, sprints, statuses and fields
How Jira concepts translate to Linear: projects and keys, epics, issue types, statuses, priorities, story points, sprints, versions, links and custom fields.
Read the guide 3 min readKeep your Jira issue keys when you move to Linear
Why ENG-1423 should stay ENG-1423 when you move from Jira to Linear, how identifiers work in both tools, and how to keep links, branches and PRs working.
Read the guide 3 min readMoving Jira sprints and fix versions to Linear
Jira sprints and Linear cycles work differently. How to keep sprint and fix version history when you migrate, and switch without cutting a sprint in half.
Read the guide 2 min readJira to Linear migration checklist
A week-by-week checklist for moving from Jira to Linear, from inventory and cleanup to test imports, cut-over day and switching Jira off.
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