Goose by Block vs OpenAI Codex CLI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Goose by Block
Open-source local AI agent, Block-built, Linux Foundation-run
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.6 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | — |
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| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2024 | — |
| Maker | — | — |
| Verdict | Goose is a free, Apache-2.0 AI agent that started at Block and moved to the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation in December 2025, alongside MCP and AGENTS.md. It runs the full dev loop on your own machine — editing... |
Codex CLI has scaled into a real Claude Code rival: OpenAI's repo sits at roughly 97,000 GitHub stars and the tool now ships baked into every ChatGPT tier, including Free. Reddit sentiment leans toward Codex for token ef... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.