Goose
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Goose, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Goose's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Goose | Free | Open source · Apache 2.0 · LLM provider usage may require separate credits |
The facts
Each one read from Goose's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Apps
- Goose offers a native desktop app, a CLI, and an API.checked 11 Oct 2026
- MCP Apps
- Extensions can render interactive interfaces such as buttons, forms, and visualizations inside Goose Desktop.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- The desktop app is available for macOS, Linux, and Windows.checked 11 Oct 2026
What it does
- Data handling
- Conversations, prompts, and information Goose accesses may be sent to the selected LLM provider and subject to that provider’s data policies.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Goose connects to more than 70 extensions through the Model Context Protocol, including integrations for databases, APIs, browsers, GitHub, and Google Drive.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes Goose as a general-purpose agent for developers and other users who want help with code, workflows, research, writing, automation, or data analysis.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Interfaces
- Goose provides a native desktop app, a CLI, and an API for embedding it in other applications.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The site identifies Goose as open source under the Apache 2.0 license.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Model providers
- Goose works with more than 15 providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama, OpenRouter, Azure, and Bedrock.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Models
- Goose works with more than 15 providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama, OpenRouter, Azure, and Bedrock.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Permission modes
- Permission modes include autonomous, manual approval, smart approval, and chat only; autonomous mode is the default.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Anonymous usage metrics are collected only when the user opts in, and the documented metrics exclude conversations, code, tool arguments, error messages, and personal data.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Goose is a general-purpose AI agent that runs on your machine for research, writing, automation, data analysis, and other tasks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Recipes
- Recipes are portable YAML workflow configurations that can include instructions, extensions, parameters, and subrecipes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The site lists prompt injection detection, tool permission controls, sandbox mode, and an adversary reviewer as security features.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- Goose offers prompt injection detection, tool permission controls, sandbox mode, and an adversary reviewer for unsafe actions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security limitation
- Prompt injection checks are a safeguard and may not detect novel or sophisticated threats.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users to its Discord community for questions and help.checked 11 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Goose is an open-source general-purpose AI agent that runs on your machine for code, research, writing, automation, and data analysis.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Provider billing
- Goose may require available credits in the selected LLM provider account, and providers may impose usage rate limits.checked 11 Oct 2026
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