# goose vs Muse Code (slim)

> goose scores 73.9 (BB) to Muse Code's 61.3 (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 Muse Code's 61.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

- goose: BB 73.9, rank #81 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.min.md
- Muse Code: C 61.3, rank #487 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/muse-code.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 45; Security & auth, 77 against 67; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 86 against 75; Transparency & trust, 63 against 57. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Muse Code, good for Developers who want Meta's Muse models, Muse Wonder Full included, in a terminal or CI agent with the sandbox and approvals on from the first run.

| Category | goose | Muse Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 77 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 77 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 86 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 57 |

| Fact (where they differ) | goose | Muse Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) | Meta |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary binary, used under the Meta Model API Terms of Service, which cover Meta's coding harness. Subscriptions are also under the Meta Subscription Terms of Service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs in the linked repository are MIT. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-10-11 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 55k stars | 63k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |