ForgeCode vs Goose CLI

Feature	ForgeCode	Goose CLI

Tagline	A top-ranked AI enabled pair programming coding agent	An open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions
Website	https://forgecode.dev	https://block.github.io/goose/
Language	rust	rust
Release Date	January 30, 2025	December 4, 2024
Last Updated	June 29, 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	No	Yes
IDE Integration	VSCode & (terminal-native, ZSH plugin)	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	Can use Claude & ChatGPT subscriptions with access to Opus, GPT series, supports 400+ models on Openrouter.	Works with 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Google, Mistral and works with 400+ models on OpenRouter.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT Claude Code	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/antinomyhq/forgecode	https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
Development State	active	active