# goose vs Jules (slim)

> goose scores 73.9 (BB) to Jules's 44.5 (E) 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 Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.

- goose: BB 73.9, rank #82 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.min.md
- Jules: E 44.5, rank #1000 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.min.md
- 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 13; Schema & documentation, 81 against 76; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 64; Security & auth, 77 against 57; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 86 against 18; Transparency & trust, 63 against 44. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Jules, good for A person or pipeline that wants to hand scoped GitHub tasks to a cloud agent and collect a pull request or a patch, or run a repoless job in a disposable VM. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | goose | Jules |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 77 | 13 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 64 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 77 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 86 | 18 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 44 |

| Fact (where they differ) | goose | Jules |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) | Google LLC |
| Transports |  | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed |
| Tools exposed | none | 8 |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-03-09 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-07-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 55k stars | 1.3k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 2.8/5 (4) |