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goose

Local extensible automation agent whose MCP ecosystem deliberately reaches beyond coding into broader engineering workflows.

Coding agentsWorkflow automation
54,241 stars
Website GitHub

Overview

Research summary

goose is a general-purpose local agent whose workflows extend beyond code into automation, research, and data tasks. Its Rust implementation provides native desktop applications, a terminal CLI, and an API for embedding the runtime. Users can select hosted or local model providers, connect tools and data through MCP extensions, and capture repeatable workflows as YAML recipes containing instructions, parameters, extensions, and nested recipes.

Independent subagents can handle parallel work without filling the main conversation context. goose can run as an ACP server for compatible editors and can also consume supported ACP agents as model providers, separating its interface and orchestration layer from the underlying model or agent. Security controls include tool permissions, sandboxing, prompt-injection detection, and optional adversarial review, but extensions and model backends may still execute locally or communicate with external services. The goose source is published under Apache-2.0 and is governed through the Agentic AI Foundation; provider APIs, subscriptions, and third-party extensions retain their own terms.

Repository summary

Stars
54,241
Open issues
223
Last push
2026-09-14
Commits, 90 days
932
Repository activity
Very active · 98/100
Version
1.50.0

Recorded catalogue figures. View repository data and provenance →

Classification

Coding agentsWorkflow automation

Pricing & services

No paid services

The reviewed offering has no paid products or services. Third-party hosting or model usage may still cost money.

Commercial offering checked 2026-10-02.

Licence scope

Apache-2.0

Implementation

Recorded implementation details and interfaces for goose.

Implementation details

Rust

Languages
Rust
Repository type
source
ACP identifier
goose

Recorded interfaces and capabilities

Workflow automation

Licence scope

Apache-2.0

Repository

Repository snapshots, release information and recorded maintenance signals.

Repository snapshot

aaif-goose/goose ↗

Stars
54,241
Open issues
223
Last push
2026-09-14
Commits, 90 days
932
Repository activity
Very active · 98/100
Archived
No

Repository activity is a snapshot, not a quality or popularity ranking. It combines recent-push freshness (50%), 90-day commits (30%) and issue pressure (20%).

Release information

Current version
1.50.0
Version source
github-release
Version scope
aaif-goose/goose
Version recorded
2026-09-14
Latest release tag
v1.50.0
Release published
2026-09-08
Default branch
main
Head commit
50666ae0b9a51e260b52b7efbab2e4e020346e94

Maintenance and provenance

Catalogue snapshot
2026-10-06
Repository metrics recorded
2026-09-14
Stars source
GitHub snapshot
Last push source
GitHub snapshot
Repository metrics stale
No
Snapshot repository
aaif-goose/goose

Documentation

Recorded references and research provenance for this entry.

Recorded sources 10

Research metadata

Catalogue snapshot
2026-10-06
Repository metrics recorded
2026-09-14

An individual research date has not been recorded for this entry.

Community & social 6 channels

Video

  • YouTubegoose OSS
    OfficialDemos
    Link details for YouTube — goose OSS
    Access
    Public
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