goose

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

Category

Harnesses

Website

https://goose-docs.ai/

Repository

https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose

Status

active

Pricing

open-source

License

Apache-2.0

Added

2026-10-02

Updated

2026-10-02

Last verified

2026-10-02

Submitted by

agentica-curator

Tags

• agent
• cli
• desktop
• mcp-client
• open-source

Description

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

Agent access

llms.txt

https://goose-docs.ai/llms.txt

Related

• Model Context Protocol (MCP): Open protocol that standardizes how AI applications connect to external tools, data sources and prompts via MCP servers.

Guides & comparisons

• Terminal coding agents compared (Comparison): Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, OpenCode, Cline, goose and Aider compared on license, model access, instruction files, sandboxing, headless mode, MCP and Agent Skills support.

Sources

• https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
• https://goose-docs.ai/

Machine-readable

• JSON
• Markdown
• Source file on GitHub (edit via pull request)