Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/aaif-goose/goose/vs/iii-hq/iii
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/aaif-goose/goose/vs/iii-hq/iii.md
Description: goose and iii share 13 technologies: axum, Tokio, React, console, indicatif, zip, schemars, jsonschema, tracing, tracing-subscriber, OpenTelemetry, tracing-opentelemetry, and opentelemetry-otlp. Both are written in Rust.

# goose vs iii

goose and iii share 13 technologies: axum, Tokio, React, console, indicatif, zip, schemars, jsonschema, tracing, tracing-subscriber, OpenTelemetry, tracing-opentelemetry, and opentelemetry-otlp. Both are written in Rust.

- [aaif-goose/goose](https://seerepo.com/r/aaif-goose/goose): an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM
- [iii-hq/iii](https://seerepo.com/r/iii-hq/iii): Effortlessly compose, extend, and observe every service in real-time for the first time ever.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: axum, Tokio, React, console, indicatif, zip, schemars, jsonschema, tracing, tracing-subscriber, OpenTelemetry, tracing-opentelemetry, opentelemetry-otlp
- Only in goose: sqlx, lru, AIOHTTP, axum-server, Vite, React Router, Express, Electron, MCP, comfy-table, keyring, oauth2, rmcp, agent-client-protocol, aws-sdk-bedrockruntime, candle-core, candle-nn, candle-transformers, hf-hub, tiktoken-rs, tokenizers, minijinja, v_htmlescape, image, docx-rs, lopdf, pulldown-cmark, qrcode, symphonia, tracing-futures, opentelemetry-appender-tracing, tracing-appender, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, react-toastify, Radix UI, TanStack, Framer, react-select, react-syntax-highlighter, Lucide, @agentclientprotocol/sdk, katex, react-markdown, rehype-katex, remark-breaks, remark-gfm, remark-math, turndown, Zod, electron-log, electron-squirrel-startup
- Only in iii: tower, rusqlite, lapin, Redis, SQLite, cliclack, Pydantic, github.com/invopop/jsonschema, opentelemetry-api, go.opentelemetry.io/otel, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric, opentelemetry-sdk, opentelemetry-http

## Side by side

| | goose | iii |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 423,989 lines written, 946 code files | 523,734 lines written, 690 code files |
| Who writes it | 4.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amp, Codex, and Warp | 4.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, CodeRabbit, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,919 commits, 56,251 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 2,181 commits, 18,926 stars |
| Tests | 233 test files. 21.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 452 test files. 21.4% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, goose or iii?

iii, with 523,734 lines written; goose has 423,989.

The proof: [iii-hq/iii's code at commit 4094bb4](https://github.com/iii-hq/iii/tree/4094bb423d98f87ebef8fa7347891fbc485b71db)

### Which has more GitHub stars, goose or iii?

goose, with 56,251 stars; iii has 18,926.

The proof: [aaif-goose/goose on GitHub](https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose)

### Which has more tests, goose or iii?

iii, with 452 test files; goose has 233.

The proof: [iii-hq/iii's code at commit 4094bb4](https://github.com/iii-hq/iii/tree/4094bb423d98f87ebef8fa7347891fbc485b71db)

### Which was updated more recently, goose or iii?

iii: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and goose's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [iii-hq/iii's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/iii-hq/iii/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, goose or iii?

In both, an AI signed 4.9% of their commits.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in aaif-goose/goose](https://seerepo.com/r/aaif-goose/goose/ai)

## Sources

- aaif-goose/goose: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit bfe8ccd (https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/tree/bfe8ccd23de1d2c47a4cb2970d522f093ae7f2ba)
- iii-hq/iii: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 4094bb4 (https://github.com/iii-hq/iii/tree/4094bb423d98f87ebef8fa7347891fbc485b71db)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.