Codex CLI vs. Goose CLI

Feature	Codex CLI	Goose CLI
Tagline	Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal	An open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions
Website	https://openai.com/codex	https://block.github.io/goose/
Language	rust	rust
Release Date	April 30, 2025	December 4, 2024
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	June 3, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	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	VS Code, Zed (via ACP)	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	#6 · 82.0% ±2.2 1	#58 · 54.3% ±2.6 2
Supported Models	All frontier GPT, Codex models: GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 pro, GPT-5.3-Codex, optional custom models.	Works with 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Google, Mistral and works with 400+ models on OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Subscription	BYOK
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$20-200/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/openai/codex	https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
Development State	active	active

¹ Codex CLI tested with GPT-5.5 on Terminal Bench v2.0.

² Goose CLI tested with Claude Opus 4.5 on Terminal Bench v2.0.