Goose CLI vs. Kimi Code CLI

Feature	Goose CLI	Kimi Code CLI

Tagline	An open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions	Kimi Code CLI is your next intelligent CLI agent
Website	https://block.github.io/goose/	https://kimi.com/code
Language	rust	python
Release Date	December 4, 2024	October 21, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	Cursor, VSCode, JetBrains IDEs	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	1M (K2.5)
Terminal Bench 2.0	#58 · 54.3% ±2.6 ¹
Supported Models	Works with 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Google, Mistral and works with 400+ models on OpenRouter.	All the Kimi supported models including Kimi K2.5, K2, optional BYOK.
Pricing Model	BYOK	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free / ~$19/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose	https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli
Development State	active	active