---
slug: "goose"
name: "goose"
effect: "Runs a general-purpose AI agent on your machine as a desktop app, CLI or embeddable API"
category: "coding-agent"
tier: "standard"
url: "https://goose-docs.ai/"
github: "aaif-goose/goose"
pricing: "open-source"
license: "Apache-2.0"
tags: ["cli", "desktop-app", "rust", "mcp", "acp"]
platforms: ["macos", "linux", "windows"]
install_kind: "cli"
date_added: "2026-10-14"
rank: null
rising_score: 43
stars: 55293
star_velocity: 70.7
velocity_basis: "since creation"
created_at: "2024-08-23T19:03:36Z"
pushed_at: "2026-10-15T01:35:19Z"
signals_status: "ok"
signals_fetched_at: "2026-10-15T05:02:43.378Z"
page: "https://agenttooldrop.com/tools/goose"
---

# goose

Runs a general-purpose AI agent on your machine as a desktop app, CLI or embeddable API

Category: Coding agents. Tier: standard (a well-known tool, listed for reference, not ranked). Pricing: Open source. License: Apache-2.0.

Platforms: macos, linux, windows.

## Why you would want it

goose is a local agent for code as well as research, writing, automation and data analysis, available as a desktop app for macOS, Linux and Windows, a CLI and an API. It works with 15+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama, OpenRouter, Azure and Bedrock, and can use existing Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini subscriptions through ACP. It connects to 70+ extensions over MCP, and you can build custom distributions with preconfigured providers, extensions and branding.

## Best for

- Agents for tasks beyond coding
- Desktop app users who also want a CLI
- Teams building an internal agent distribution

## Use it when

You want an open-source local agent that is not tied to one model vendor and that you extend with MCP servers.

## Skip it if

You want a coding agent built into your IDE; goose runs as its own desktop app or CLI.

## Editor note

Repo moved from block/goose to aaif-goose/goose; goose is now part of the Agentic AI Foundation at the Linux Foundation.

## Install

Install the CLI with the install script:

```sh
curl -fsSL https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh | bash
```

Source: https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose#readme

## Live signals

Fetched 2026-10-15T05:02:43.378Z (status: ok).

- Repository: aaif-goose/goose
- Repository created: 2024-08-23
- Stars: 55,293 (GitHub's count; it cannot be authenticated)
- Stars per day, since repo creation: 70.7 (an average over the repo's life, not a growth rate)
- Forks: 6,437
- Open issues and PRs: 480
- License (GitHub): Apache-2.0
- Last push: 2026-10-15
- Latest release: v1.54.0 (2026-10-08)

## Links

- Website: https://goose-docs.ai/
- GitHub: https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
- Install instructions verified at: https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose#readme
- Source for this entry: https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose#readme
- AgentToolDrop page: https://agenttooldrop.com/tools/goose
- Full catalog (JSON): https://agenttooldrop.com/tools.json