ForgeCode vs. Goose CLI

Feature	ForgeCode	Goose CLI
Tagline	A top-ranked AI enabled pair programming coding agent	An open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions
Website	https://forgecode.dev	https://block.github.io/goose/
Language	rust	rust
Release Date	January 30, 2025	December 4, 2024
Last Updated	May 14, 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	VSCode & (terminal-native, ZSH plugin)	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	#4 · 81.8% ±2.0 1	#53 · 54.3% ±2.6 2
Supported Models	Can use Claude & ChatGPT subscriptions with access to Opus, GPT series, supports 400+ models on Openrouter.	Works with 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Google, Mistral and works with 400+ models on OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	BYOK	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/antinomyhq/forgecode	https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose
Development State	active	active

¹ ForgeCode tested with GPT 5.4 on Terminal Bench v2.0.

² Goose CLI tested with Claude Opus 4.5 on Terminal Bench v2.0.