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aaif-goose/goose

A general-purpose AI agent that runs on your machine.

  • Active
  • Apache-2.0
  • Rust
goose card: A general-purpose AI agent on your machine.
56.5kGitHub stars
6.6kForks
450Contributors
v1.59.0latest release

In short

goose is a GitHub project in the AI category, written mainly in Rust. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence (permissive). Maintenance status: active, last commit 11 Nov 2026. It has 56,453 GitHub stars.

What it does

Standout capabilityInstall, execute, edit, and test with any LLM
Best forDevelopers and anyone automating tasks

Maintenance

0 dsince last commit
1 dsince last release
566open issues
2 yrproject age
commitrelease
12 months agotoday

Active Commits in the last 30 days. Last commit: 11 Nov 2026 · Latest release: v1.59.0 · 10 Nov 2026. How we score this

Licence in plain words

Permissive · Apache-2.0

Use, modify and sell it, including in closed-source products. Keep notices, state your changes, and you get an explicit patent grant.

A summary, not legal advice. Read the project's LICENSE file before relying on it. SPDX ↗

goose compared with alternatives

ProjectStarsLicenceStatusLast commit
n8n210.1kCustom licenceActive11 Nov 2026
Ollama186.6kMITActive11 Nov 2026
Dify161kCustom licenceActive11 Nov 2026
Open WebUI158.4kCustom licenceActive11 Nov 2026
RAGFlow94kApache-2.0Active11 Nov 2026
goose (this page)56.5kApache-2.0Active11 Nov 2026

Same category, sorted by GitHub stars. Numbers checked 11 Nov 2026.

Questions

Is goose free and open source?

Yes. goose is published on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 licence (permissive). Use, modify and sell it, including in closed-source products. Keep notices, state your changes, and you get an explicit patent grant.

Is goose still maintained?

Active: the last commit was on 11 Nov 2026 and the latest release, v1.59.0, came out on 10 Nov 2026. Repoworthy rechecks this daily.

What is goose written in?

goose is mainly written in Rust.

How popular is goose?

As of 11 Nov 2026, goose has 56,453 GitHub stars, 6,576 forks and 450 contributors.

What are some alternatives to goose?

Other AI projects on Repoworthy include n8n, Dify, Open WebUI, RAGFlow and Ollama.

Alternatives in AI

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n8n

n8n-io/n8n

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A fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities.

★ 210.1kCustom licenceTypeScript

Dify

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An open-source LLM app development platform.

★ 161kCustom licencePython

Open WebUI

open-webui/open-webui

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A self-hosted platform for running AI models entirely offline.

★ 158.4kCustom licenceSvelte

RAGFlow

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An open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation engine with Agent capabilities.

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Ollama

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A tool to run and manage open models locally or in the cloud.

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Numbers from the GitHub API, checked 11 Nov 2026. Text summarised from the project's README. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.