DeepSeek Harnessdeepseek-ai/deepseek-harness
DeepSeek's plugin-first agent harnessPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 242kMITcommit 9 hours ago70worth
Open-source alternatives to goose
24 projects in the catalog share a category with goose (Agents & frameworks or Coding assistants). They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 5 run with Docker, 20 have a permissive license and 24 had a commit in the last 90 days.
Compare at a glance
| Project | Runs on | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| goose (this project) | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 55k | |
| DeepSeek Harness | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 242k | |
| Open Interpreter | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 68k | |
| OpenHands | Web, Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 90k | |
| Pi | CLI, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 112k | |
| Oh My OpenAgent | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 70k | |
| DSH Desktop | Desktop | Not listed | MIT | 12k | |
| Prime Agent | CLI | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 21k | |
| Omnigent | Library / SDK | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 10k | |
| OpenClaw | Docker / self-host, Desktop, CLI | Yes | MIT | 391k | |
| OpenCode | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 212k | |
| GenOffice | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 8.4k | |
| codex-chatgpt-web | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 13k | |
| Gemini CLI | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 107k | |
| Career-Ops | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 73k | |
| nanobot | Web, Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 49k | |
| Caveman | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 109k | |
| Oh My Pi | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 34k | |
| ZeroClaw | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 33k | |
| OpenHuman | Desktop | Not listed | GPL-3.0 | 40k | |
| Hermes Agent | Docker / self-host, CLI | Yes | MIT | 251k | |
| QwenPaw | Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | Apache-2.0 | 35k | |
| Codewhale | CLI | Not listed | MIT | 41k | |
| Vibe-Trading | Web, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 34k | |
| ECC | CLI, Extension / plugin | Not listed | MIT | 271k |
Desktop apps (8)
DSH Desktopdataelement/dsh-desktop
Desktop app for DeepSeek HarnessPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsDesktop★ 12kMITcommit 2 days ago72worth
OpenClawopenclaw/openclaw
Personal AI assistant that acts on your behalf across appsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostDesktopCLI★ 391kMITcommit 5 hours ago90worth
OpenCodeanomalyco/opencode
Open-source coding agent for the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 212kMITcommit 12 hours ago86worth
GenOfficegenspark-ai/genoffice
Open-source AI office suitePersonalNotes & docsAgents & frameworksDesktopCLI★ 8.4kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago76worth
codex-chatgpt-webmiuuyy/codex-chatgpt-web
Use ChatGPT Web (including Pro) as a native model in Codex — with context, tools, streaming and images, without using CoPersonalMCP serversCoding assistantsDesktopCLI★ 13kMITcommit yesterday73worth
OpenHumantinyhumansai/openhuman
Efficient open-source agent harnessPersonalAgents & frameworksDesktop★ 40kGPL-3.0commit 7 hours ago86worth
QwenPawagentscope-ai/QwenPaw
Personal AI assistant you can self-hostPersonalAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 35kApache-2.0commit 3 days ago86worth
Command-line tools (15)
Open Interpreteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter
Coding agent for open modelsPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLI★ 68kApache-2.0commit yesterday84worth
OpenHandsOpenHands/OpenHands
AI software engineering agent platformPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsWebDocker / self-host★ 90kMITcommit 13 hours ago83worth
Piearendil-works/pi
Minimal agent toolkit and coding agent CLIPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLILibrary / SDK★ 112kMITcommit 10 hours ago82worth
Oh My OpenAgentcode-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent
Multi-agent orchestration add-on for coding agentsPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 70kcommit 6 hours ago76worth
Prime AgentPrimeIntellect-ai/prime-agent
Self-improving agent for codingPersonalAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsCLI★ 21kcommit 7 hours ago68worth
Gemini CLIgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli
Gemini as an agent in your terminalPersonalEnterpriseCoding assistantsCLI★ 107kApache-2.0commit yesterday90worth
Career-Opscareer-ops-hq/career-ops
AI-assisted job search pipelinePersonalAgents & frameworksAutomationCLI★ 73kMITcommit 15 hours ago89worth
nanobotHKUDS/nanobot
Ultra-light self-hosted personal AI agentPersonalAgents & frameworksWebDocker / self-hostCLI★ 49kMITcommit 15 hours ago87worth
CavemanJuliusBrussee/caveman
Cut coding agent tokens by making it talk lessPersonalAgent skillsCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 109kApache-2.0commit 7 hours ago87worth
Oh My Pican1357/oh-my-pi
Coding agent with the IDE wired inPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 34kMITcommit 7 hours ago87worth
ZeroClawzeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw
Small, fast autonomous assistant infrastructurePersonalAgents & frameworksCLI★ 33kApache-2.0commit 16 hours ago87worth
Hermes AgentNousResearch/hermes-agent
Self-improving personal agent from Nous ResearchPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksDocker / self-hostCLI★ 251kMITcommit 5 hours ago86worth
CodewhaleHmbown/Codewhale
Rust coding agent for the terminalPersonalCoding assistantsCLI★ 41kMITcommit yesterday86worth
Vibe-TradingHKUDS/Vibe-Trading
Personal AI trading research agentPersonalAgents & frameworksData & analyticsWebCLI★ 34kMITcommit yesterday86worth
ECCaffaan-m/ECC
Skills, memory and guardrails that make coding agents work betterPersonalAgent skillsCoding assistantsCLIExtension / plugin★ 271kMITcommit yesterday85worth
Libraries & SDKs (1)
Omnigentomnigent-ai/omnigent
Meta-harness for coding agentsPersonalEnterpriseAgents & frameworksCoding assistantsLibrary / SDK★ 10kApache-2.0commit 8 hours ago78worth