Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/aaif-goose/goose/vs/xai-org/grok-build
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/aaif-goose/goose/vs/xai-org/grok-build.md
Description: goose and grok-build share 19 technologies: axum, Tokio, axum-server, indicatif, oauth2, rmcp, agent-client-protocol, minijinja, image, pulldown-cmark, zip, schemars, jsonschema, tracing, tracing-subscriber, OpenTelemetry, tracing-opentelemetry, opentelemetry-otlp, and tracing-appender. Both are written in Rust.

# goose vs grok-build

goose and grok-build share 19 technologies: axum, Tokio, axum-server, indicatif, oauth2, rmcp, agent-client-protocol, minijinja, image, pulldown-cmark, zip, schemars, jsonschema, tracing, tracing-subscriber, OpenTelemetry, tracing-opentelemetry, opentelemetry-otlp, and tracing-appender. 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
- [xai-org/grok-build](https://seerepo.com/r/xai-org/grok-build): SpaceXAI's coding agent harness and TUI. Fullscreen, mouse interactive, extensible.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: axum, Tokio, axum-server, indicatif, oauth2, rmcp, agent-client-protocol, minijinja, image, pulldown-cmark, zip, schemars, jsonschema, tracing, tracing-subscriber, OpenTelemetry, tracing-opentelemetry, opentelemetry-otlp, tracing-appender
- Only in goose: sqlx, lru, AIOHTTP, Vite, React, React Router, Express, Electron, MCP, console, comfy-table, keyring, aws-sdk-bedrockruntime, candle-core, candle-nn, candle-transformers, hf-hub, tiktoken-rs, tokenizers, v_htmlescape, docx-rs, lopdf, qrcode, symphonia, tracing-futures, opentelemetry-appender-tracing, 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 grok-build: aws-sdk-s3, rusqlite, SQLite, moka, sqlite-vec, OpenAI, Sentry, tower, anstyle, fontdb, Ratatui, crossterm, alacritty_terminal, ansi-to-tui, ratatui-core, tiny-skia, jsonwebtoken, hmac, async-openai, bm25, kamadak-exif, infer, linkify, htmd, html-escape, pdf_oxide, quick-xml, resvg, scraper, prometheus, log, fastrace-opentelemetry, opentelemetry-http, env_logger, prometheus-parse, tracing-chrome

## Side by side

| | goose | grok-build |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 423,989 lines written, 946 code files | 1,982,128 lines written, 2,511 code files |
| Who writes it | 4.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amp, Codex, and Warp | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,919 commits, 56,251 stars | Last push September 29, 2026, 51 commits, 27,712 stars |
| Tests | 233 test files. 21.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,077 test files. 52.1% 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 grok-build?

grok-build, with 1,982,128 lines written; goose has 423,989.

The proof: [xai-org/grok-build's code at commit 2bdd1d6](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/tree/2bdd1d6a6369de0e8c68132ea4539e9abd9e14a8)

### Which has more GitHub stars, goose or grok-build?

goose, with 56,251 stars; grok-build has 27,712.

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

### Which has more tests, goose or grok-build?

grok-build, with 1,077 test files; goose has 233.

The proof: [xai-org/grok-build's code at commit 2bdd1d6](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/tree/2bdd1d6a6369de0e8c68132ea4539e9abd9e14a8)

### Which was updated more recently, goose or grok-build?

goose: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and grok-build's on September 29, 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 grok-build?

goose: an AI signed 4.9% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amp, Codex, and Warp.

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)
- xai-org/grok-build: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 2bdd1d6 (https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/tree/2bdd1d6a6369de0e8c68132ea4539e9abd9e14a8)

## 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.