Is Goose Still Maintained? Live GitHub Status
On GitHub, the project describes itself as: “an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM”
Short answer: Yes, it is actively maintained. Health score 98/100. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
What the numbers say
Goose’s main branch received 751 commits in the last 91 days, against 812 in the same 91 days a year earlier (−8%). Activity is at least half of last year’s pace and no maintenance notice was found, so the index labels it active. It has 55,418 stars on GitHub.
Goose security practices and adoption
Security practices
OpenSSF Scorecard, an automated review of how the repository is run
- Code review9/10
- Branch protection8/10
- Vulnerabilities0/10
- Dangerous workflow0/10
- Pinned dependencies7/10
- Security policy10/10
All 18 checks
- Maintained10/10
- Token permissions0/10
- Binary artifacts5/10
- OpenSSF Best Practices badge7/10
- Signed releases0/10
- License10/10
- Packaging10/10
- Fuzzing0/10
- Dependency update tool10/10
- Static analysis (SAST)6/10
- CI tests10/10
- Contributors10/10
Full report, run 6 Apr 2026
Latest release
GitHub: files attached to the latest release and how often they were downloaded
- Versionv1.55.0
- Published16 Oct 2026
- Downloads of its 40 files12,711
- Contributors453
Scorecard checks security practices such as code review, branch protection and pinned dependencies; it does not find bugs, and a low score does not mean the software is unsafe. Dependents and download counts show reach, not quality. Sources: OpenSSF Scorecard, GitHub, read 18 Oct 2026, 18:34 UTC.
Health score breakdown
| Part | Points | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Activity | 35.0 / 35 | 751 commits in the last 91 days (full marks at 600) |
| Trend | 18.5 / 20 | 92% of last year’s pace (full marks at 100%) |
| Recency | 15.0 / 15 | last commit 0 days ago |
| Releases | 10.0 / 10 | latest GitHub release 2 days ago |
| Community | 20.0 / 20 | 753 pull requests merged in the last 91 days (full marks at 300) |
Open issues and pull requests: 505. The score summarises maintenance signals only, not quality or security. How the score works
Goose: common questions
Is Goose still maintained?
Yes. As of 18 October 2026, Goose received 751 commits in the last 91 days and its latest commit is from 18 October 2026, and no maintenance notice was found. Its health score is 98 out of 100.
What is the latest Goose release?
The latest GitHub release of Goose is v1.55.0, published on 16 October 2026.
How many people contribute to Goose?
GitHub lists 453 contributors for Goose. 753 pull requests were merged in the last 91 days.
What licence does Goose use?
GitHub identifies the Goose licence as Apache-2.0. Read the licence file before commercial use.
Is Goose secure?
We cannot say whether the code is free of vulnerabilities. What can be measured is how the project is run: the OpenSSF Scorecard gives Goose 5.5 out of 10 for security practices (run 6 April 2026), covering checks such as code review, branch protection and pinned dependencies. Read the full report and the project’s security policy before relying on it.
How is the health score calculated?
It adds five parts from public GitHub data: commit activity over 91 days (35 points), the trend against the same period last year (20), how recent the last commit is (15), how recent the last release is (10) and merged pull requests (20). Archived projects score 0; a maintenance notice caps the score at 25. It measures maintenance signals only, not code quality or security.
Visitor rating
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Ratings come from visitors, not from EvalAITools, and are not part of the health status above. One rating per visitor per tool every 30 days.
Daily snapshots
| Date (UTC) | Stars | Commits, last 91 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2026 | 55,378 | 750 | Active |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 55,348 | 751 | Active |
One snapshot is stored per day, starting 16 October 2026. No status change has been recorded for Goose since then.
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How this is measured: commits on the repository’s default branch counted through the GitHub API, the last 91 days against the same 91 days a year earlier; archived flag and licence from the repository; README checked daily for maintenance notices. Commit counts measure activity, not quality, and we have not tested this tool ourselves for this page.