# goose vs Prime Agent (slim)

> goose scores 73.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Prime Agent's 60.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harness. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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goose scores 73.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Prime Agent's 60.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harness.

- goose: BB 73.9, rank #72 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.min.md
- Prime Agent: C 60.5, rank #399 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prime-agent.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 65; Schema & documentation, 81 against 42; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 73; Security & auth, 77 against 50; Maintenance & community, 86 against 79. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Prime Agent, good for Long-running research and coding work where one model drives subagents, schedules and goals from code, and where the owner can isolate the machine.

| Category | goose | Prime Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 77 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 77 | 50 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 86 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | goose | Prime Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) | Prime Intellect |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 55k stars | 22k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |