# goose vs Paperclip (slim)

> goose scores 73.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Paperclip's 59 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent multi agent. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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goose scores 73.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Paperclip's 59 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent multi agent.

- goose: BB 73.9, rank #68 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.min.md
- Paperclip: C 59, rank #390 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.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 66; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 70; Security & auth, 77 against 64; Maintenance & community, 86 against 78. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it.
- Paperclip, good for Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses.

| Category | goose | Paperclip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 77 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 77 | 64 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 86 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | goose | Paperclip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) | Paperclip Labs, Inc. |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-07-23 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-07-23 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| 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 |  | yes |
| Popularity | 55k stars | 99k stars, 60k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |