Goose Moves to Linux Foundation's AAIF at 45,278 Stars — Rust-Native AI Agent With 70+ MCP Extensions

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Goose, the open-source general-purpose AI agent, has moved from Block to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) under the Linux Foundation and reached 45,278 stars. Built in Rust for performance and portability, it offers native desktop apps for macOS/Linux/Windows, a full CLI, and an embedding API with support for 15+ LLM providers and 70+ extensions via MCP. Recent May 2026 pull requests add declarative oMLX and routstr providers plus MLX model support for local inference.