goose
by aaif-goose
goose is an AI agent that runs on your own computer as a desktop app, command-line tool or API. It can carry out tasks such as writing and testing code, research, writing and automation, using the AI model of your choice.
- Stars
- 55.8k +38 a day
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Easy
- Language
- Rust
- Age
- 794 days
What you can do with it
- Ask it to write, edit and test code on your own machine
- Automate research, writing and data analysis tasks
- Connect extensions through the Model Context Protocol to link it to other tools
Make money with it
A freelancer could use it to deliver small automation scripts, internal tools or data clean-up jobs for clients faster.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Automate repetitive coding, scripting and data tasks to cut developer hours
- Use it for research and drafting documents so one person can handle more work
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Download the desktop app for macOS, Linux or Windows, or install the command-line version with a one-line curl script.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Needs an API key or a paid AI subscription for most models, which adds running costs
- Can run commands and edit files on your machine, so review its actions and use it with care
Who's talking about it
- Rost (rosgluk): Trending Open Source AI Projects on GitHub, October 2026 Featured in a roundup
- Rost Glukhov: Trending Open Source AI Projects on GitHub, October 2026 Featured in a roundup
Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
