Open-source agent (now under Agentic AI Foundation/Linux Foundation) usable as CLI, desktop app or API
Goose is listed under Terminal & CLI Agents, in the Code & Development category on Flocci AI Tools. Open-source agent (now under Agentic AI Foundation/Linux Foundation) usable as CLI, desktop app or API. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at block.github.io.
Goose is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 396 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.
Goose needs to be installed or self-hosted — it doesn't run in a browser tab. It is available on the command line, Mac, Windows, Linux and self-hosting.
Goose does 3 things the catalog singles out: Open-source agent (now under agentic ai foundation/linux foundation) usable as cli, desktop app or api; 70+ mcp extensions, 15+ llm providers supported; apache-2.0 licensed, built in rust.
Aider is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Terminal & CLI Agents sub-category and is free. Cline, Crush and Gemini CLI also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.
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