- About
- Open-source, general-purpose AI agent for your desktop and terminal. Open-source alternative to Claude Code and OpenAI Codex.
- Catalogue
- No. 093
- Category
- AI
- GitHub stars
- ★ 0

Overview
goose is a general-purpose AI agent that runs on your own machine, as a desktop app for macOS, Linux and Windows, a command-line tool, or an API. It was started at Block and is now part of the Agentic AI Foundation at the Linux Foundation.
What it does well
goose handles coding as well as research, writing, automation and data analysis. It works with more than 15 model providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama and OpenRouter, and can use your existing Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini subscriptions. It connects to more than 70 extensions through the Model Context Protocol and is built in Rust.
Why it’s in the collection
goose is a capable agent with neutral, foundation-backed governance, so it isn't tied to any one AI company. It is Apache-licensed and works for far more than code.
On GitHub
- Stars
- 0
- Forks
- 0
- Commits
- 0
- Repository
- aaif-goose/goose
Languages
- Rust 71.5%
- TypeScript 23.6%
- Python 1.3%
- Other 3.6%
Compared with
Claude CodeAnthropic's terminal coding agent, which works with Claude models.
OpenAI CodexOpenAI's coding agent, which works with OpenAI models.
OpenCodeNo. 078Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal.
See every open-source alternative to Claude Code and OpenAI Codex in the collection.



