Goose
By Agentic AI Foundation (Linux Foundation)
Open-source AI agent from the Agentic AI Foundation, a Linux Foundation project, that runs as a desktop app, CLI, or API, connects to 70+ MCP extensions and 15+ LLM providers, and executes code, research, and workflow tasks; roughly 52,700 GitHub stars.
Best for
- local-first agentic coding and automation
- running one agent via desktop app, CLI, or API
- connecting to many LLM providers without lock-in
- building portable YAML workflow recipes
- a vendor-neutral, community-governed agent
- Aug 12, 2026Added to the catalogue: Linux Foundation-governed open-source AI agent, desktop app/CLI/API against 15+ LLM providers, ~52,700 GitHub stars.
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