Blackbox AI CLI vs Goose CLI

Feature	Blackbox AI CLI	Goose CLI

Tagline	Feature-rich AI coding agent in your terminal	An open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions
Website	https://www.blackbox.ai/cli	https://block.github.io/goose/
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	September 20, 2025	December 4, 2024
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	June 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	Yes
IDE Integration	35+ IDE integrations including VS Code, JetBrains	Cursor, VSCode, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	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	400+ models including Opus, GPT, Gemini, Qwen, GLM, Grok, Minimax (free), Mimo, Llama, Kimi, Mistral, DeepSeek	Works with 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Google, Mistral and works with 400+ models on OpenRouter.
Supported Subscriptions	—	Claude Code ChatGPT
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10-40/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (GPL-3.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/blackboxaicode/cli	https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
Development State	active	active