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Goose
General-purpose open-source agent (desktop app, CLI, API) started by Block, built around MCP extensions; now governed by the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation.
goose-docs.ai/Active
v1.56.0 released 2026-10-23; repo moved from block/goose to aaif-goose/goose and the project is now part of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) at the Linux Foundation. (checked 2026-10-25)
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Where it stands apart
- How is it mainly sustained? community, foundation, or research (0% of 21 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (10% of 20 others)
- Who is it for? both (0% of 21 others)
- Where do you primarily use it? its own editor or desktop app (24% of 21 others)
- Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? both (5% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (71% of 21 others)
- How is the main thing licensed? permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) (52% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (52% of 21 others)
- How does finished work usually come back to you? edits in your local working tree while you watch (52% of 21 others)
- Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) (67% of 21 others)
- Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? yes, documented (67% of 21 others)
- Where do the commands it runs execute by default? on your machine with your user's permissions (86% of 21 others)
- Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? yes (95% of 21 others)
- Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? yes, alongside its own file (52% of 21 others)
- When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? with your own API key or local model (the tool itself is free) (52% of 21 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Cline 65% of 17 shared answers match
- Qwen Code 65% of 17 shared answers match
- Void 65% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) Apache-2.0 | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | stands apart community, foundation, or research Moved to Agentic AI Foundation at Linux Foundation; Apache-2.0. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | stands apart no account Works with your own provider keys or local models; no goose account. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | stands apart both "Not just for code — use it for research, writing, automation". | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | MCP (Model Context Protocol) Built around MCP extensions. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you primarily use it? | stands apart its own editor or desktop app Desktop app listed first; full CLI too. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does finished work usually come back to you? | edits in your local working tree while you watch | source 2026-10-25 |
| Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. | any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) 15+ providers, or existing Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini subscriptions via ACP providers. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? | yes, documented Ollama listed among providers. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Out of the box, does it ask you before editing files or running shell commands? | doesn't ask (a sandbox or automatic reviewer may still block risky actions) "Autonomous Mode is applied by default". | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where do the commands it runs execute by default? | on your machine with your user's permissions | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? | yes 70+ documented MCP extensions. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? | yes, alongside its own file Reads both AGENTS.md and .goosehints. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? | stands apart both Works as an ACP server for Zed/JetBrains/VS Code and uses ACP agents (Claude Code, Codex) as providers. | source 2026-10-25 |
| When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? | with your own API key or local model (the tool itself is free) | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/aaif-goose/goose · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · goose-docs.ai/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · goose-docs.ai/docs/guides/context-engineering/using-goosehints · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · goose-docs.ai/docs/guides/managing-tools/goose-permissions · read 2026-10-25
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