# Crush vs goose (slim)

> goose scores 73.9 (BB) to Crush's 56.5 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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goose scores 73.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Crush's 56.5 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.

- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- goose: BB 73.9, rank #82 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.min.md
- Crush, good for Developers who want a Go terminal agent with a wide provider list, local models and Claude Code-compatible hooks.
- goose, good for People and pipelines that want one agent across many model providers or local models, with recipes for repeatable jobs and a desktop app for non-engineers. Ahead on Reliability, 77 against 54; Schema & documentation, 81 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 52; Security & auth, 77 against 44; Payments & pricing, 60 against 55; Transparency & trust, 63 against 56. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Crush | goose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 77 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 82 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 77 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crush | goose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Charm | Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) | Apache-2.0 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-16 |
| Popularity | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk | 55k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (2) |