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A self-hosted alternative to Cursor, Chatgpt

Apache License 2.0Open Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintBinaryNo external DB1 documented maintainer

About

goose is a native open source AI agent designed to run on a user’s machine. It is presented as a general-purpose assistant for code and non-code tasks such as research, writing, automation, and data...

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Features

  • desktop app
  • CLI
  • API
  • code assistance
  • workflow automation
  • research and writing
  • data analysis
  • 15+ model providers
  • 70+ extensions via MCP
  • custom distributions

Details

Last Updated
Jul 12, 2026
Created
Aug 23, 2024
Install Methods
binary
Requirements
macOS, Linux, or WindowsAPI keys or existing Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini subscriptions for some providersAnthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama, OpenRouter, Azure, Bedrock, and other providers
API
REST
Privacy & Independence
Cloud: Optional
Deployment

Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Containerminimal hosting footprintsingle container

Docker Compose

1 service

no resource limits declared

needs persistent storage (4 volumes)

documentation/docs/docker/docker-compose.yml · @ dc59e41 · scanned Jun 4, 2026

services:
  goose-cli:
    build:
      context: ../../..
      dockerfile: documentation/docs/docker/Dockerfile
      args:
        USER_ID: ${UID:-1000}
    volumes:
      # Mount user's directory with read-write access
      - ../../..:/root/workspace
      - goose-config:/root/.goose
      # Mount git config
      - ~/.gitconfig:/root/.gitconfig:ro
      # Mount SSH keys
      - ~/.ssh:/root/.ssh:ro
    working_dir: /root/workspace
    environment:
      - GOOSE_HOME=/root/.goose
      # Set default editor
      - EDITOR=vim
# ...

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