Gemini CLI

by Google

Open-source terminal AI coding agent

Pricing

Free (generous quota)

Difficulty

advanced

Time to Start

10 min

Privacy

high

Free Tier

Free and open-source; uses free Gemini API tier (1,000 requests/day)

Limits: Free Gemini API: 1,000 req/day; 60 req/min; paid tier for higher limits

When to upgrade: Higher API rate limits; needing Gemini Ultra; team features

Terminal coding assistant; shell automation; file manipulation; Git workflows; code review

Type: web

Offline: No

API: Yes

Languages: All major programming languages

Integrations: Terminal, Git, shell tools, Google Gemini API, MCP servers

DevelopersGoogle ecosystem usersterminal-native engineersopen-source contributors

Codeshell commands

Code filesterminal outputgit commits

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