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How to install on Windows

aaif-goose/goose

an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM

Rust#acp#ai#ai-agents#mcp

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
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License: Apache-2.0
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Start here

Website ↗goose-docs.aiThe project's own site.Docs ↗goose-docs.aiLinked from the README.In the browser ↗Open in GitHub CodespacesThe repo ships a dev container, so nothing to install.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Windows

A ready-made Windows download is in the latest release.

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Download for Windows

v1.57.0 · 10/28/2026 ↗

Goose-win32-x64-setup.exe

exe · x64 · 137.6 MB · 1,428 downloads · best match

Runs the installer.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases/download/v1.57.0/Goose-win32-x64-setup.exe" -OutFile "Goose-win32-x64-setup.exe"
Start-Process ".\Goose-win32-x64-setup.exe"

Other Windows downloads (5)

goose-acp-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip

zip · x64 · 9.5 MB · 441 downloads

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases/download/v1.57.0/goose-acp-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip" -OutFile "goose-acp-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip"
Expand-Archive "goose-acp-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip" -DestinationPath .

Goose-win32-x64-cuda.zip

zip · x64 · 395.3 MB · 120 downloads

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases/download/v1.57.0/Goose-win32-x64-cuda.zip" -OutFile "Goose-win32-x64-cuda.zip"
Expand-Archive "Goose-win32-x64-cuda.zip" -DestinationPath .

Goose-win32-x64.zip

zip · x64 · 222.6 MB · 12,882 downloads

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases/download/v1.57.0/Goose-win32-x64.zip" -OutFile "Goose-win32-x64.zip"
Expand-Archive "Goose-win32-x64.zip" -DestinationPath .

goose-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-cuda.zip

zip · x64 · 225.7 MB · 91 downloads

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases/download/v1.57.0/goose-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-cuda.zip" -OutFile "goose-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-cuda.zip"
Expand-Archive "goose-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-cuda.zip" -DestinationPath .

goose-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip

zip · x64 · 53.0 MB · 2,309 downloads

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases/download/v1.57.0/goose-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip" -OutFile "goose-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip"
Expand-Archive "goose-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip" -DestinationPath .

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Parts list

1×Rust 1.99.0runtime

9× settings in .env

DISCORD_TOKENsecret
DISCORD_APP_ID
QUESTION_CHANNEL_ID
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYsecret
AI_MODEL
CONSOLA_LEVEL
DOCS_PATH
GITHUB_TOKENsecretoptional
CODEBASE_PATH

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Good to know

Cargo workspace — pick a crate with cargo run -p <name>.
Dockerfile available (base image: rust:1.82-bookworm).
Dev Container config found — you can open it in VS Code Dev Containers or GitHub Codespaces for a zero-setup environment.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: crates/goose-acp-macros/Cargo.toml, crates/goose-agent/Cargo.toml, crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml, crates/goose-context-management/Cargo.toml and 11 more

Files we read (13)

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

.github/workflows/build-acp.yml

.github/workflows/build-cli-linux.yml

.github/workflows/build-notify.yml

.github/workflows/check-release-pr.yaml

.github/workflows/ci.yml

.github/workflows/pr-smoke-test.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

Cargo.toml

Dockerfile

README.md

rust-toolchain.toml

services/ask-ai-bot/.env.example

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