goose
Open-source extensible AI agent that installs, executes, edits and tests with any LLM, rather than only suggesting code.
Overview
| Vendor | BlockCreated by Block, the company founded by Jack Dorsey. The repository now lives under the aaif-goose organisation, consistent with reporting that Block handed goose to the Linux Foundation. |
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| License | Apache-2.0GitHub API, 2026-08-27 |
| Latest version | —Release tag not read on this pass. |
| GitHub stars | 53577GitHub API, 2026-08-27 |
| Language | RustGitHub API, 2026-08-27 |
| Interface | CLI, Desktop app, APIREADME: desktop app for macOS/Linux/Windows, plus a CLI and an API. |
| Pricing | Free / OSSApache-2.0, with no paid tier stated in the README. |
Agent capabilities
| Topology | —Not stated in the project README on 2026-08-27; left null rather than inferred. |
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| Planning | — |
| Tool calling | MCPREADME: connects to 70+ extensions over the Model Context Protocol. |
| Extensibility | Mcp serversREADME describes an extension ecosystem built on MCP. |
| Memory | —Not stated in the project README on 2026-08-27; left null rather than inferred. |
| Code execution | NativeRepository description: install, execute, edit and test. |
| Browser/computer use | —Not stated in the project README on 2026-08-27; left null rather than inferred. |
| MCP | NativeREADME: 70+ extensions via MCP. |
| Multimodal | —Not stated in the project README on 2026-08-27; left null rather than inferred. |
Models
| Model-agnostic | YesREADME claims 15+ providers; the description says 'with any LLM'. |
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| Providers | Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama, OpenRouter, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, OtherREADME names Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama, OpenRouter, Azure and Bedrock, and says 15+ providers, so this is a documented minimum rather than the full list. |
| Local models | FullOllama is listed as a provider in its own right, not as a proxy shim. |
| BYO key | YesBring-your-own-model is the stated design. |
Self-hosting
| Self-host difficulty | EasyJudgement from the documented install - one curl script for the CLI, or a desktop binary. NOT measured on our infrastructure, unlike the presets we host. |
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| Deploy | Binary, NativeDesktop binaries plus a curl install script for the CLI. |
| Scaling | —Not stated in the project README on 2026-08-27; left null rather than inferred. |
| Config complexity | — |
| Min vCPU (measured) | — |
| Min RAM (measured) | — |
| Idle RAM (measured) | — |
| Infra cost | — |
| One-click on AgentOcean | NoNo preset today. It is a CLI agent of the same shape as the ones we already host, so it is a plausible candidate. |
Project health
| Maturity | —Not stated; not assessed. |
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| Maintenance | ActiveLast push 2026-08-27, the day this record was written. |
| Release cadence | —Not measured. |
| Docs | —Not assessed on this pass. |
| Community | LargeJudgement from 53,577 stars. |
A dash (—) marks a value we have not yet verified first-hand. Record last verified 2026-08-27.
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