Diracvsgoose
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Dirac
Dirac · Terminal agent
#140OSS
Panel
6.80 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.2
- Usefulness
- 7.2
- Cost
- 7.7
- Longevity
- 6.0
“Its browser control works by screenshots and coordinates, which is how we automated the web before anyone thought to ask the page.”
goose
Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) · Terminal agent
#13OSSMCP
Panel
6.85 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.3
- Usefulness
- 6.5
- Cost
- 6.8
- Longevity
- 7.3
“Block gave it to the Linux Foundation, which is the one exit strategy that cannot be un-acquired.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Dirac | goose |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Terminal agent | Terminal agent |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | Yes |
| MCP server | No | Yes |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | YesWork can be isolated in a git worktree with integration and cleanup controls. | Yes |
| Browser control | YesBrowser interaction is screenshot and coordinate based. | YesThe built-in Computer Controller extension drives macOS apps including the browser through the Peekaboo CLI, rather than via a dedicated CDP or Playwright tool. |
| Sandboxed execution | No | Yes`goose session|run --container <id>` executes extensions inside an existing Docker container; goose itself runs unsandboxed on the host otherwise. |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | Yes |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Gemini, Groq, Mistral, any OpenAI-compatible endpoint | Claude, GPT, Gemini, Ollama (local), OpenRouter, Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | byok |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| GitHub stars | 1,518 | 54,860 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Dirac | goose | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.0 | 7.3 | goose — A free, open, local agent under the Linux Foundation that talks to any model and any MCP server; you will spend a weekend tuning it and then own it. |
| El Crítico | 6.3 | 6.5 | goose — A local agent with terminal execution whose Docker isolation is a --container flag you have to remember, a foundation instead of a vendor, and a bill that depends entirely on which model you point it at. |
| El Profesor | 7.3 | 6.5 | Dirac — Edits are anchored by content hash rather than by line number, so a stale edit fails loudly instead of applying itself to the wrong region of a changed file. |
| La Inversora | 6.5 | 5.3 | Dirac — A first release five months old, 1,476 stars, no price published anywhere and no hosted component: a project that has not yet chosen a business model. |
| La Jefa | 5.8 | 5.8 | no preference |
| El Hacker | 7.8 | 9.3 | goose — Rust, Apache-2.0, every extension an MCP server in YAML, Ollama on my box, a foundation instead of a vendor; this is the one I would build if I had the time. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.