Updating Goose

The Goose CLI and desktop apps are under active and continuous development. To get the newest features and fixes, you should periodically update your Goose client using the following instructions.

macOS

Goose Desktop

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To update Goose to the latest stable version, reinstall using the instructions below

1. To download Goose Desktop for macOS, click one of the buttons below:

   macOS Silicon macOS Intel
2. Unzip the downloaded zip file.
3. Run the executable file to launch the Goose Desktop application.
4. Overwrite the existing Goose application with the new version.
5. Run the executable file to launch the Goose desktop application.

Goose CLI

You can update Goose by running:

goose update

Additional options:

# Update to latest canary (development) version
goose update --canary

# Update and reconfigure settings
goose update --reconfigure

Or you can run the installation script again:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/block/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh | CONFIGURE=false bash

To check your current Goose version, use the following command:

goose --version

Linux

Goose Desktop

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To update Goose to the latest stable version, reinstall using the instructions below

1. To download Goose Desktop for Linux, choose the buttons below:

   DEB Package (Ubuntu/Debian) RPM Package (RHEL/Fedora)

For Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions: 2. Download the DEB file 3. Navigate to the directory where it is saved in a terminal 4. Run sudo dpkg -i (filename).deb 5. Launch Goose from the app menu

Goose CLI

You can update Goose by running:

goose update

Additional options:

# Update to latest canary (development) version
goose update --canary

# Update and reconfigure settings
goose update --reconfigure

Or you can run the installation script again:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/block/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh | CONFIGURE=false bash

To check your current Goose version, use the following command:

goose --version

Windows

Goose Desktop

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To update Goose to the latest stable version, reinstall using the instructions below

1. To download Goose Desktop for Windows, click the button below:

   Windows
2. Unzip the downloaded zip file.
3. Run the executable file to launch the Goose Desktop application.
4. Overwrite the existing Goose application with the new version.
5. Run the executable file to launch the Goose Desktop application.

Goose CLI

You can update Goose by running:

goose update

Additional options:

# Update to latest canary (development) version
goose update --canary

# Update and reconfigure settings
goose update --reconfigure

Or you can run the installation script again in Git Bash, MSYS2, or PowerShell to update the Goose CLI natively on Windows:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/block/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh | CONFIGURE=false bash

To check your current Goose version, use the following command:

goose --version

Update via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

To update your WSL installation, use goose update or run the installation script again via WSL:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/block/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh | CONFIGURE=false bash