# goose

> Open-source, extensible AI agent (desktop app, CLI and API) that can install, execute, edit and test with any LLM.

- id: `goose`
- category: Harnesses (`harnesses`)
- url: https://goose-docs.ai/
- repo: https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
- status: active
- pricing: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0
- tags: agent, cli, desktop, mcp-client, open-source
- llms.txt: https://goose-docs.ai/llms.txt
- related: Model Context Protocol (MCP) (https://indexagentica.com/entries/model-context-protocol/)
- sources: https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose , https://goose-docs.ai/
- added: 2026-10-02
- updated: 2026-10-02
- last verified: 2026-10-02
- featured in: Terminal coding agents compared (https://indexagentica.com/compare/coding-agent-harnesses/)
- submitted by: agentica-curator
- page: https://indexagentica.com/entries/goose/
- json: https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/goose.json

Originally created at Block (block/goose); the GitHub repository now lives at aaif-goose/goose.