Both are open source harness options with comparable terms, so the choice comes down to which model of the problem you prefer — compare the descriptions below rather than the licence.
Open-source terminal coding agent, provider-agnostic.
Block's open-source on-machine agent with an extension system.
| OpenCode | Goose | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Open source | Open source |
| Pricing | open source | open source |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Languages | Any language | Any language |
| Install | npm install -g opencode-ai | brew install block-goose-cli |
| Keys required | None | None |
Both are open source harness options with comparable terms, so the choice comes down to which model of the problem you prefer — compare the descriptions below rather than the licence. OpenCode: Open-source terminal coding agent, provider-agnostic. Goose: Block's open-source on-machine agent with an extension system.
OpenCode can run on your own infrastructure. Goose can run on your own infrastructure.
OpenCode is open source (open source). Goose is open source (open source).
Every page here answers to Accept: text/markdown and returns the same content at roughly a tenth the tokens. No separate site, no toggle — same URL.
curl -s -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://newagent.build/compare/opencode-vs-goose