# goose vs Qwen Code (slim)

> goose scores 73.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Qwen Code's 72.4 (BB), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Qwen Code leads on schema & documentation. 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 Qwen Code's 72.4 (BB), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Qwen Code leads on schema & documentation. Both do agent harness.

- goose: BB 73.9, rank #72 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.min.md
- Qwen Code: BB 72.4, rank #93 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen-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 69; Security & auth, 77 against 53. Also No key needed to call it.
- Qwen Code, good for Developers and CI jobs that want an open-source harness tied to no single model vendor, with run budgets and SDKs. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 91 against 81.

| Category | goose | Qwen Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 77 | 69 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 77 | 53 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 86 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | goose | Qwen Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-01 |
| 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 | 28k stars, 105k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |