Continue vs. Goose CLI

Feature	Continue	Goose CLI

Tagline	The open-source AI code assistant	An open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions
Website	https://continue.dev	https://block.github.io/goose/
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	August 21, 2025	December 4, 2024
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	June 3, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	basic	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	Yes
Voice Mode	No	Yes
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains IDEs	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	Claude Opus / Sonnet / Haiku, GPT-5 / pro / mini, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, Local models for Ollama	Works with 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Google, Mistral and works with 400+ models on OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/continuedev/continue	https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
Development State	active	active