# goose vs OpenMausBot (slim)

> goose scores 74.3 (BB) to OpenMausBot's 65.4 (B) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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goose scores 74.3 (BB) on agent readiness against OpenMausBot's 65.4 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. OpenMausBot leads on schema & documentation. Both do agent harnesses.

- goose: BB 74.3, rank #78 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.min.md
- OpenMausBot: B 65.4, rank #368 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.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 60; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 77; Security & auth, 77 against 59; Payments & pricing, 60 against 50; Maintenance & community, 86 against 74; Transparency & trust, 67 against 59. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it.
- OpenMausBot, good for A person or an outside agent who wants several CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, ACP CLIs) organised as named bots with their own computers, routines and approvals, driven by MCP or a CLI. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 90 against 81. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | goose | OpenMausBot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 77 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 77 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 86 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | goose | OpenMausBot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) | Supamaus Software Private Limited |
| Transports |  | stdio |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Tools exposed | none | 20 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-30 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-10 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-18 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| 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 | 8.2k stars, 3.5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |