Goose CLI vs. Poolside Agent CLI

Feature	Goose CLI	Poolside Agent CLI

Tagline	An open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal
Website	https://block.github.io/goose/	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool
Language	rust	go
Release Date	December 4, 2024	October 25, 2025
Last Updated	June 28, 2026	June 25, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	deep
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	Poolside Assistant, VS Code, Visual Studio
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent	(Point) 64K - 128K (Malibu, Laguna)
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.	Laguna M.1, Laguna XS.2, Malibu, Point and OpenRouter with over 300+ supported models.
Supported Subscriptions	Claude Code ChatGPT	—
Pricing Model	BYOK	Subscription
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	$0, Enterprise
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool
Development State	active	active