Goose CLI vs OpenHands CLI

Feature	Goose CLI	OpenHands CLI
Tagline	An open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent
Website	https://block.github.io/goose/	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Language	rust	python
Release Date	December 4, 2024	October 18, 2025
Last Updated	June 28, 2026	August 19, 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	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	Cursor, VSCode, JetBrains IDEs	Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
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) 1	#59 · 51.9% ±2.9 (Terminal-Bench 2.0) 2
Supported Models	Works with 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Google, Mistral and works with 400+ models on OpenRouter.	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.
Supported Subscriptions	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 (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Development State	active	active

¹ Goose CLI tested with Claude Opus 4.5 on Terminal-Bench 2.0.

² OpenHands CLI tested with Claude Opus 4.5 on Terminal-Bench 2.0.