Both are open source harness options with comparable terms, so the choice comes down to which model of the problem you prefer — compare the descriptions below rather than the licence.
Everything is a plugin — the model adapter, the tool registry, the sandbox and the agent loop itself are all swappable.
Web UI first — `dsh web` serves on 127.0.0.1:3080 rather than taking over the terminal. Built on Cordis. Still a developer preview: DeepSeek warns of compatibility-breaking changes, so pin the version.
Block's open-source on-machine agent with an extension system.
| DeepSeek Harness | Goose | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Open source | Open source |
| Pricing | open source | open source |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Languages | TypeScript | Any language |
| Install | npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web | brew install block-goose-cli |
| Keys required | None | None |
Both are open source harness options with comparable terms, so the choice comes down to which model of the problem you prefer — compare the descriptions below rather than the licence. DeepSeek Harness: Everything is a plugin — the model adapter, the tool registry, the sandbox and the agent loop itself are all swappable. Goose: Block's open-source on-machine agent with an extension system.
DeepSeek Harness can run on your own infrastructure. Goose can run on your own infrastructure.
DeepSeek Harness is open source (open source). Goose is open source (open source).
Every page here answers to Accept: text/markdown and returns the same content at roughly a tenth the tokens. No separate site, no toggle — same URL.
curl -s -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://newagent.build/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-goose