Codewhale vs. Goose CLI

Feature	Codewhale	Goose CLI

Tagline	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role	An open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions
Website	https://codewhale.net/	https://block.github.io/goose/
Language	rust	rust
Release Date	January 19, 2026	December 4, 2024
Last Updated	September 4, 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	Editors via ACP (registry submission pending)	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 2.0		#58 · 54.3% ±2.6 ²
Supported Models	30+ providers: DeepSeek, Claude, GPT, Kimi, GLM, Qwen, Grok, Mistral, Xiaomi MiMo, Alibaba Model Studio, SiliconFlow, OpenCode Zen, Hugging Face; local via vLLM, SGLang, Ollama	Works with 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Google, Mistral and works with 400+ models on OpenRouter.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT SuperGrok	Claude Code ChatGPT
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale	https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
Development State	active	active