goosevsNeo
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
goose
Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) · Terminal agent
#13OSSMCP
Panel
6.86 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.”
Neo
owainlewis · Terminal agent
#38OSS
Panel
6.70 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.5
- Usefulness
- 6.3
- Cost
- 8.2
- Longevity
- 5.8
“You can queue your next instruction while it works, so now you can interrupt yourself without waiting for it to finish.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | goose | Neo |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Terminal agent | Terminal agent |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | No |
| MCP server | Yes | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | 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. | No |
| Sandboxed execution | Yes`goose session|run --container <id>` executes extensions inside an existing Docker container; goose itself runs unsandboxed on the host otherwise. | YesNeo describes sandbox-first execution where the runtime contains tools; the README does not specify a container technology. |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | Yes | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude, GPT, Gemini, Ollama (local), OpenRouter, Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock | Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, OpenRouter |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | No |
| 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 | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 54,860 | 145 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | goose | Neo | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.3 | 7.3 | no preference |
| El Crítico | 6.5 | 6.8 | Neo — Execution is called sandbox-first and the documentation names no containment technology, while confirmation is optional and applies only to selected interactive calls. |
| El Profesor | 6.5 | 7.5 | Neo — One coordinator delegates bounded work and independent read, search and inspection subagents run in parallel, which separates gathering from mutation at the process level. |
| La Inversora | 5.3 | 6.0 | Neo — A hundred and twenty-nine stars against two hundred and fifty forum mentions in a year is unusual: the conversation about this is larger than its adoption. |
| La Jefa | 5.8 | 5.8 | no preference |
| El Hacker | 9.3 | 7.0 | 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.