Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/aaif-goose/goose/vs/orhun/git-cliff
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/aaif-goose/goose/vs/orhun/git-cliff.md
Description: goose and git-cliff share 5 technologies: Tokio, indicatif, pulldown-cmark, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

# goose vs git-cliff

goose and git-cliff share 5 technologies: Tokio, indicatif, pulldown-cmark, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. 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
- [orhun/git-cliff](https://seerepo.com/r/orhun/git-cliff): A highly customizable Changelog Generator that follows Conventional Commit specifications ⛰️ 

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, indicatif, pulldown-cmark, tracing, tracing-subscriber
- Only in goose: axum, sqlx, lru, AIOHTTP, axum-server, Vite, React, React Router, Express, Electron, MCP, console, cliclack, comfy-table, keyring, oauth2, rmcp, agent-client-protocol, aws-sdk-bedrockruntime, llama-cpp-2, safemlx-lm, agent-client-protocol-schema, aws-sdk-sagemakerruntime, candle-core, candle-nn, candle-transformers, hf-hub, llama-cpp-sys-2, safemlx, safemlx-lm-utils, tiktoken-rs, tokenizers, minijinja, v_htmlescape, image, docx-rs, lopdf, qrcode, symphonia, umya-spreadsheet, zip, schemars, jsonschema, tracing-futures, OpenTelemetry, tracing-opentelemetry, opentelemetry-appender-tracing, opentelemetry-otlp, opentelemetry-stdout, tracing-appender, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, react-toastify, TanStack, Framer, @mcp-ui/client, 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 git-cliff: tera, pulldown-cmark-to-cmark

## Side by side

| | goose | git-cliff |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 425,701 lines written, 1,023 code files | 18,178 lines written, 42 code files |
| Who writes it | 4.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amp, Codex, and Warp | 0.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push November 10, 2026, 5,932 commits, 56,412 stars | Last push November 2, 2026, 1,574 commits, 12,531 stars |
| Tests | 233 test files. 20% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2 test files |

- 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 git-cliff?

goose, with 425,701 lines written; git-cliff has 18,178.

The proof: [aaif-goose/goose's code at commit 72b8db8](https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/tree/72b8db883ff827f5aa0a0955e2007d1407f5d9b9)

### Which has more GitHub stars, goose or git-cliff?

goose, with 56,412 stars; git-cliff has 12,531.

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

### Which has more tests, goose or git-cliff?

goose, with 233 test files; git-cliff has 2.

The proof: [aaif-goose/goose's code at commit 72b8db8](https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/tree/72b8db883ff827f5aa0a0955e2007d1407f5d9b9)

### Which was updated more recently, goose or git-cliff?

goose: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and git-cliff's on November 2, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, goose or git-cliff?

goose: an AI signed 4.9% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amp, Codex, and Warp; in git-cliff, 0.3%.

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 10, 2026, at commit 72b8db8 (https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/tree/72b8db883ff827f5aa0a0955e2007d1407f5d9b9)
- orhun/git-cliff: Read on November 11, 2026, at commit 4f65432 (https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/tree/4f65432ba95ad97147da655fac4071b4bbccb1db)

## 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.