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Model keys go in the system keyring through `goose configure`, in provider environment variables, or come from an existing Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini subscription through ACP providers.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and Apache-2.0, with nothing to buy. You pay your model provider, or nothing with a local model.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-01).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 54800, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-01" }, "docsUrl": "https://goose-docs.ai/docs/quickstart", "llmsTxt": "https://goose-docs.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "free", "no-card", "foundation", "llms-txt", "docker" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 73.9, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 82, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 60, "reliability": 77, "schema": 81, "security": 77, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-07-24. GHSA-r5pp-p5r8-466r (CVE-2026-72718, 7.0 at NVD), a repository's git `core.fsmonitor` setting ran arbitrary commands during `goose review` without approval or a sandbox. Fixed in 1.44.0 and published, inside six months, -2. https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/security/advisories/GHSA-r5pp-p5r8-466r" ], "verdict": "Telemetry off until the user opts in, with the collected fields listed. Autonomous mode, which approves every tool call, is the default.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "Telemetry off until the user opts in, with the collected fields listed", "Four permission modes, per-tool always, ask or never rules, and an extension allowlist an administrator can host", "Headless `goose run` with `--output-format json` or `stream-json`, `--max-turns` and recipes with typed parameters, retries and success checks", "15+ providers, built-in local inference, and existing Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini subscriptions through ACP", "Weekly releases with dated notes, 13 in the 90 days to 17 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Autonomous mode, which approves every tool call, is the default", "No sandbox, and prompt-injection detection and adversary mode are off by default", "No privacy policy on goose-docs.ai, and the usage-data page doesn't say where data goes or how long it's kept", "No breaking-change section in the ten release notes before 1 October", "About 270 open issues, many recent ones unanswered" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `GOOSE_MODE=smart_approve` or `approve` before a run. The default approves everything, and the first-run prompt preselects Auto", "Pass `--max-turns` with a real limit. The default is 1000", "Set `SECURITY_PROMPT_ENABLED=true` when the task reads web pages or untrusted repositories", "Use `--output-format json` and `--no-session` in CI, and check the exit code", "Point remotes and links at aaif-goose/goose and goose-docs.ai. The block/goose paths redirect" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 73.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 60, "reliability": 77, "schema": 81, "security": 77, "transparency": 73 }, "provenanceScore": 53 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh | bash # or: brew install block-goose-cli", "headless": { "command": "goose run --no-session --max-turns 30 --output-format json -t \"$TASK\"", "env": { "GOOSE_MODE": "smart_approve", "GOOSE_MODEL": "\u003cmodel\u003e", "GOOSE_PROVIDER": "\u003cprovider\u003e", "SECURITY_PROMPT_ENABLED": "true" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/goose" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Agentic AI Foundation (Linux Foundation)", "domain": "goose-docs.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The docs footer reads Copyright AAIF (Agentic AI Foundation). Block donated goose, and the escalation contact in SECURITY.md is still a block.xyz address.", "We found no terms or privacy page on goose-docs.ai and no security.txt among the docs site's static files.", "The repository moved from block/goose to aaif-goose/goose, announced on the goose blog on 7 April 2026." ], "score": 53 }, "requirements": { "card": "no", "freeTier": true, "minutes": 5, "credential": "api-key", "hosting": [ "self-hosted" ], "euResidency": "unknown", "trainsOnData": "no", "zeroRetention": "unknown", "selfHost": "yes" }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.json", "live": { "slug": "goose", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "aaif-goose/goose", "version": "v1.55.0", "released": "2026-10-16", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T01:51:40.251964972Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@aaif/goose-acp", "version": "1.55.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-17T01:51:39.409228368Z" } ], "githubStars": 55349, "npmWeekly": 267, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://goose-docs.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T15:51:40.287792436Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://goose-docs.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T14:22:14.899483255Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "goose-docs.ai", "registered": "2026-03-30", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/goose-docs.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:26:52.322154734Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-17T15:51:40.287792436Z" } }, "answer": "goose scores 73.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Harness's 60.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Harness leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "harness-autonomous", "name": "Harness", "vendor": "Autonomous, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.autonomous.ai/harness", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Harness, by Autonomous, is an open-source app that runs Claude Code, Codex and twelve other coding agents in tmux sessions across a person's computers. Agents can start, wait for and read other agents through its CLI or MCP tools.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/harness-autonomous.json", "repo": "https://github.com/autonomous-ai/openharness", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "No account for harnesses on one computer. Agents starting harnesses, remote machines and the phone need the person's Harness account, signed in with Google or Apple in a browser (PKCE) or by QR from the phone. Agents use the person's own Claude Code or Codex credentials.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "The desktop app, CLI and phone apps are free and MIT licensed. Agent subscriptions and model usage are the person's own. The Harness Device ($149) and Harness Pro ($299) are optional hardware.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, llms.txt, the agents page or the CLI source (checked 2026-10-17). The software has nothing to buy.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 7, "popularity": { "githubStars": 1284, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://harness.autonomous.ai/agents", "llmsTxt": "https://harness.autonomous.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "mit", "local", "free", "no-card", "macos", "linux", "typescript", "mcp", "llms-txt", "desktop-app", "cli", "agent-skill" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 570, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 40, "reliability": 35, "schema": 85, "security": 57, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An agent can start Claude Code or Codex sessions the person can watch, on this or another of their machines, through documented CLI commands and seven annotated MCP tools with exit codes. Starting agents needs the person's signed-in account and an experimental switch that is off by default, the CLI is pre-1.0, and usage counts are shared by default.", "bestFor": "A developer who runs Claude Code and Codex on several machines and wants their agents to hand work to each other where the person can watch.", "strengths": [ "Seven MCP tools with typed JSON Schema inputs, `additionalProperties: false`, readOnlyHint on reads and server instructions on when not to start one", "llms.txt and an agents page list every command, the exit codes 0 to 5 and 124, and a `Next:` line after each answer", "Agents may start harnesses only after the person turns on an account switch an agent cannot flip, with at most four live harnesses each", "MIT licence for the app, CLI, daemon, relay and device firmware, with 548 tags between 9 September and 17 October 2026", "Remote terminal traffic is end-to-end encrypted, direct over WebRTC where the network allows, and relays forward ciphertext" ], "weaknesses": [ "Starting harnesses needs the person signed in with Google or Apple in a browser and an experimental account switch, off by default", "The CLI agents call is version 0.4.18 and the npm MCP package in the repository was never published", "Product usage counts are shared by default, with an opt-out in Settings or `harness privacy off`", "Installing Harness adds its commands to Claude Code's and Codex's permission rules, and Codex runs them outside its sandbox", "Autonomous's privacy policy and terms cover its stores and websites and do not mention Harness" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run `harness whoami` first. If it says you may not start harnesses, tell the person and do the work yourself", "Ask the person before installing Harness, and leave `harness login` and the agents-start-agents switch to them", "Treat exit 5 as final and do not retry. Treat exit 3 as needs the person, and never answer a harness's question or permission prompt", "Name every harness, put the whole task in `harness new`, then wait, read with `harness show` and close only the ones you started", "Run each `harness` command on its own or joined with `\u0026\u0026`, since piped commands no longer match the permission rule" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 60.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 40, "reliability": 35, "schema": 85, "security": 57, "transparency": 64 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://harness.autonomous.ai/cli/install.sh | bash \u0026\u0026 harness start", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add harness -- harness mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "harness": { "args": [ "mcp" ], "command": "harness" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.multi-agent", "tool": "https://letme.dev/harness-autonomous" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Autonomous, Inc.", "domain": "autonomous.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.autonomous.ai/terms-of-use", "privacy": "https://www.autonomous.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/autonomous-ai/openharness/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-17", "notes": [ "The LICENSE file reads Copyright (c) 2026 Autonomous, Inc., and the privacy policy (last updated 7 July 2026) names Autonomous, Inc. The terms choose the law of California with binding arbitration.", "The privacy policy and terms cover Autonomous's websites, stores and apps in general. Neither names Harness or its product usage counts, which are described in the repository.", "RDAP at Identity Digital gives a registration date of 2017-12-16 for autonomous.ai.", "security.txt returned 404 on www.autonomous.ai and harness.autonomous.ai on 17 October 2026. The repository's SECURITY.md asks for reports to dee@autonomous.ai, with acknowledgement within three working days.", "CHANGELOG.md covers only the provider protocol (0.3.0, 6 August 2026). The CLI release workflow cuts a GitHub Release per tag, which we could not read because GitHub's web pages and API were not reachable from our network.", "The software runs on the owner's machines. Accounts, the relay and the backend are Autonomous's, and no status page was found." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.json", "live": { "slug": "harness-autonomous", "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.autonomous.ai/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:13:27.381383505Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "caddd4dd6217" }, { "url": "https://www.autonomous.ai/terms-of-use", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:13:29.742966815Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c30237c8a371" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-17T23:13:29.742966815Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block)", "b": "Autonomous, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "7", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-16", "b": "2026-10-17", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "55k stars", "b": "1.3k stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (2)", "b": "3/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "goose scores 73.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Harness's 60.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Harness leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, goose or Harness?" }, { "answer": "Yes. goose is open source (Apache-2.0). Harness is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are goose and Harness open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 77 against 35", "Security \u0026 auth, 77 against 57", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 60" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "No key needed to call it" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "goose", "watchFor": "Autonomous mode, which approves every tool call, is the default" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 63" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.5 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "A developer who runs Claude Code and Codex on several machines and wants their agents to hand work to each other where the person can watch.", "slug": "harness-autonomous", "watchFor": "Starting harnesses needs the person signed in with Google or Apple in a browser and an experimental account switch, off by default" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.multi-agent", "name": "Multi-agent orchestration" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-goose.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs goose", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-goose" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-goose.json", "title": "Aider vs goose", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-goose" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-goose.json", "title": "Amp vs goose", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-goose" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-goose.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs goose", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-goose" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-goose.json", 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-muse-code.json", "title": "goose vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-muse-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "goose vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-opencode.json", "title": "goose vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-openhands.json", "title": "goose vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "goose vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "goose vs Qwen Code", "url": 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60, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "harness-autonomous", "goose": 63, "harness-autonomous": 68, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "goose scores 73.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Harness's 60.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Harness leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do multi-agent orchestration.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "goose": "Telemetry off until the user opts in, with the collected fields listed. Autonomous mode, which approves every tool call, is the default.", "harness-autonomous": "An agent can start Claude Code or Codex sessions the person can watch, on this or another of their machines, through documented CLI commands and seven annotated MCP tools with exit codes. Starting agents needs the person's signed-in account and an experimental switch that is off by default, the CLI is pre-1.0, and usage counts are shared by default." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-harness-autonomous", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-harness-autonomous.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-harness-autonomous.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-harness-autonomous.min.md" }, "markdown": "goose scores 73.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Harness's 60.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Harness leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do multi-agent orchestration.\n\n- goose: grade BB, 73.9/100, rank #82 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/goose.json\n- Harness: grade C, 60.3/100, rank #570 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/harness-autonomous.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 331 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### goose (BB)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 77 against 35\n- Security \u0026 auth, 77 against 57\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- No key needed to call it\n\nWatch for: Autonomous mode, which approves every tool call, is the default\n\n### Harness (C)\n\nGood for: A developer who runs Claude Code and Codex on several machines and wants their agents to hand work to each other where the person can watch.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 63\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.5 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Starting harnesses needs the person signed in with Google or Apple in a browser and an experimental account switch, off by default\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | goose | Harness | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 77 | 35 | goose +42 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 85 | Harness +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 82 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 77 | 57 | goose +20 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 40 | goose +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 60 | goose +26 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 68 | Harness +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **73.9 · BB** | **60.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | goose | Harness |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) | Autonomous, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | stdio |\n| Auth | None | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 7 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-17 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | 55k stars | 1.3k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**goose.** Telemetry off until the user opts in, with the collected fields listed. Autonomous mode, which approves every tool call, is the default.\n\n**Harness.** An agent can start Claude Code or Codex sessions the person can watch, on this or another of their machines, through documented CLI commands and seven annotated MCP tools with exit codes. Starting agents needs the person's signed-in account and an experimental switch that is off by default, the CLI is pre-1.0, and usage counts are shared by default.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### goose\n\n1. Set `GOOSE_MODE=smart_approve` or `approve` before a run. The default approves everything, and the first-run prompt preselects Auto\n2. Pass `--max-turns` with a real limit. The default is 1000\n3. Set `SECURITY_PROMPT_ENABLED=true` when the task reads web pages or untrusted repositories\n4. Use `--output-format json` and `--no-session` in CI, and check the exit code\n5. Point remotes and links at aaif-goose/goose and goose-docs.ai. The block/goose paths redirect\n\n### Harness\n\n1. Run `harness whoami` first. If it says you may not start harnesses, tell the person and do the work yourself\n2. Ask the person before installing Harness, and leave `harness login` and the agents-start-agents switch to them\n3. Treat exit 5 as final and do not retry. Treat exit 3 as needs the person, and never answer a harness's question or permission prompt\n4. Name every harness, put the whole task in `harness new`, then wait, read with `harness show` and close only the ones you started\n5. Run each `harness` command on its own or joined with `\u0026\u0026`, since piped commands no longer match the permission rule\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, goose or Harness?\n\ngoose scores 73.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Harness's 60.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Harness leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are goose and Harness open source?\n\nYes. goose is open source (Apache-2.0). Harness is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-harness-autonomous.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-harness-autonomous.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"goose\", \"b\": \"harness-autonomous\"}`. 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