Product / UX / Orchestration & agents

Goose

Extensible on-machine AI agent from Block, written in Rust, that installs packages, executes commands, edits files and runs tests against any model. It connects to more than seventy extensions over the Model Context Protocol, works with over fifteen providers, and supports ACP so an existing model subscription can be used.

The repository moved from block/goose to aaif-goose/goose under the Agentic AI Foundation at the Linux Foundation. Verified 2026-08-13 via the aaif-goose/goose repository.

Openness

5 high confidence

5.0

license: Apache-2.0(OSI)
source: public
governance: Agentic AI Foundation/Linux Foundation (neutral foundation)
core-gated: ungated

Verified Apache-2.0 OSI, now under Linux Foundation (AAIF) governance; full source public, no proprietary tier. Repo confirmed relocated to aaif-goose/goose (block/goose redirects).

https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose recorded 2026-08-13
Apache-2.0 license, full public Rust source, part of the Agentic AI Foundation at the Linux Foundation, 52.8k stars and 6.0k forks; no paid tier, the model relationship is bring-your-own key or subscription

Adoption

3 low confidence

3.0

52,753 stars across the one declared repo, which bands at >10K stars, level 3 on the stars scale, alongside active multi-surface distribution (desktop, CLI and API) and backing from Block and now the Linux Foundation. No download or monthly-active figure is published, so stars are the only signal available and a star-based reading is capped at level 3. Directional.

https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose recorded 2026-08-13
52.8k stars, 6.0k forks, active development; no download or user count published

Capability

3 medium confidence

3.0

Broad general-purpose agent with strong MCP tool breadth and model-agnosticism, but no published SWE-bench/GAIA number; scored on feature matrix. Below benchmark-frontier coding agents.

https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose recorded 2026-08-13
goose works with 15+ providers and connects to 70+ extensions via the Model Context Protocol; ACP support for existing Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini subscriptions; no benchmark figure on the page

Verified 2026-08-13