Coding AssistantsOpen Source✦ Free Tier
Goose
Local, extensible CLI agent by Block
⭐ 10,000 stars● Health 85 — ActiveDev Productivity
About
Open-source local AI agent from Block (Square). Extensible via plugins, runs entirely local, full MCP client support.
Choose Goose when…
- •You want an open-source agentic assistant
- •You prefer Block's extensible agent framework
- •You want to run agents on your local machine
Builder Slot
Who runs your terminal tasks?Optional for most stacks
A CLI agent you direct to handle multi-step coding tasks autonomously
Dev Tools
Recommended
App Infra
Not applicable
Hybrid
Optional
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Stack Genome Detection
AIchitect's Genome scanner detects Goose in your project via these signals:
pip packages
goose-aiconfig files
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MCP SDK (TypeScript)MCP Servers
Goose is a full MCP client — it discovers and connects to MCP servers at startup, exposing their tools in every local agent session.
→ An open-source local agent with the same MCP tool reach as Cursor and Claude Code — entirely self-hosted.
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