Aider vs Goose CLI

Feature	Aider	Goose CLI

Tagline	AI pair programming in your terminal	An open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions
Website	https://aider.chat	https://block.github.io/goose/
Language	python	rust
Release Date	July 8, 2023	December 4, 2024
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	June 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	No	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	No	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	Yes
IDE Integration	VS Code, Neovim, Emacs	Cursor, VSCode, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	No	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench		#53 · 54.3% ±2.6 (Terminal-Bench 2.0) ²
Supported Models	Claude Sonnet 4.5/4.6, Claude Opus 4.5/4.6, GPT-5.4, GPT-4o, DeepSeek, Gemini, Llama, Qwen	Works with 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Google, Mistral and works with 400+ models on OpenRouter.
Supported Subscriptions	—	Claude Code ChatGPT
Pricing Model	BYOK	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider	https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
Development State	active	active