Codebuff vs. Goose CLI

Feature	Codebuff	Goose CLI

Tagline	AI coding assistant for your terminal	An open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions
Website	https://codebuff.com	https://block.github.io/goose/
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	November 4, 2024	December 4, 2024
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	May 14, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	Yes
IDE Integration	None - terminal only	Cursor, VSCode, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0		#53 · 54.3% ±2.6 ²
Supported Models	Any supported OpenRouter model	Works with 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Google, Mistral and works with 400+ models on OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free 500 credits/mo / $100-500/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/CodebuffAI/codebuff	https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
Development State	active	active