Gemini CLI vs. Goose CLI

Feature	Gemini CLI	Goose CLI
Tagline	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal	An open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions
Website	https://geminicli.com	https://block.github.io/goose/
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	June 24, 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	No	Yes
IDE Integration	VS Code	Cursor, VSCode, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	1M tokens	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0	#42 · 61.4% ±4.1 1	#58 · 54.3% ±2.6 2
Supported Models	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro	Works with 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Google, Mistral and works with 400+ models on OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Free	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (1,000 req/day)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli	https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
Development State	active	active

¹ Gemini CLI tested with Gemini 3.1 Pro on Terminal Bench v2.0.

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