# Goose Review

> Goose review: Local, BYO-model general-purpose agent; also a native desktop app (Rust). Donated by Block to the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation in.

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Local, BYO-model general-purpose agent; also a native desktop app (Rust). Donated by Block to the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation in 2026.

See pricing · Open source · facts verified Oct 2, 2026

## What we know about Goose

Goose sits in the ai coding agents category, where it is local, BYO-model general-purpose agent; also a native desktop app (Rust). Donated by Block to the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation in 2026. We keep this Goose profile grounded in primary sources, each fact dated to when we last confirmed it.

Goose does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current Goose quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, Goose covers pick the model per task, runs local models, autonomous multi-file edits, runs terminal commands, parallel agents, and mcp support. Each of those is verified against Goose's own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

In total we track 14 verified facts for Goose today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the Goose fact sheet below.

## Fact sheet

### Pricing

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| How usage is metered | Own API key | Oct 2 | [source](https://goose-docs.ai/docs/getting-started/providers) |

### Capabilities

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pick the model per task | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://goose-docs.ai/docs/getting-started/providers) |
| Runs local models | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://goose-docs.ai/docs/getting-started/providers) |

### Build experience

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Where it runs | desktop, CLI, API | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose) |
| Autonomous multi-file edits | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://goose-docs.ai/docs/mcp/developer-mcp/) |
| Runs terminal commands | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://goose-docs.ai/docs/mcp/developer-mcp/) |
| Parallel agents | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://goose-docs.ai/docs/guides/context-engineering/subagents/) |
| MCP support | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://goose-docs.ai/) |
| Project rules files | AGENTS.md then .goosehints | Oct 2 | [source](https://goose-docs.ai/docs/guides/context-engineering/using-goosehints) |

### Commercial

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose) |
| GitHub stars | ~54,870 | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose) |
| Last release | v1.52.0 (2026-09-23) | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases) |
| Supported model providers | 45+ providers incl. Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini +20 more | Oct 2 | [source](https://goose-docs.ai/docs/getting-started/providers) |
| Hosted / paid option | false | Oct 2 | [source](https://goose-docs.ai/) |

## Goose head-to-head

| Comparison | Record | Per use case |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Goose vs Claude Code](https://www.versusref.com/coding-agents/claude-code-vs-goose/) | won 3 · lost 4 · tied 0 | Beginners: lost; Enterprise: lost; Free Plans: won; Local Models: won; Open Source: won; Terminal Workflows: lost; VS Code: lost |

Source: https://www.versusref.com/coding-agents/tools/goose/