HeyBuddy is a general-purpose AI agent that runs on your machine. Not just for code — use it for research, writing, automation, data analysis, or anything you need to get done.

A native desktop app for macOS, Linux, and Windows. A full CLI for terminal workflows. An API to embed it anywhere. Built in Rust for performance and portability.

HeyBuddy works with 15+ providers — Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama, OpenRouter, Azure, Bedrock, and more. Use API keys or your existing Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini subscriptions via ACP. Connect to 70+ extensions via the Model Context Protocol open standard.

HeyBuddy is a private fork of heybuddy, an open source project of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) at the Linux Foundation. The CLI binary, environment variables, and underlying engine keep the original heybuddy naming; only the desktop app's branding and interface have been renamed.

Get started

Download the desktop app for macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Or install the CLI:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh | bash

Quick links

• Quickstart
• Installation
• Tutorials
• Documentation
• Governance
• Custom Distributions — build your own heybuddy distro with preconfigured providers, extensions, and branding

Need help?

• Diagnostics & Reporting
• Known Issues