Gemini CLI

Google's open-source AI agent for the terminal — powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro.

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Gemini CLI is Google's open-source agentic terminal agent powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro. It brings a full AI agent directly into the shell: reads and edits local files, runs shell commands, searches the web via Google Search grounding, and supports MCP. Free for personal use with 1,000 requests/day. ⚠️ Deprecated May 2026 — EOS June 18, 2026. Successor: Antigravity CLI.

+ Pros

  • Free for personal use with 1,000 req/day — no credit card required
  • 1M-token context window — can ingest an entire codebase in one shot
  • Google Search grounding — web-aware responses without a separate tool
  • Apache 2.0 open source — 60K+ GitHub stars, forkable and self-hostable
  • MCP-compatible — extensible with external tools and APIs

Cons

  • ⚠️ Deprecated: stops working June 18, 2026 — do not invest for new projects
  • Successor Antigravity CLI not yet at full feature parity at time of writing
  • No persistent memory across sessions by default
  • Less autonomous than Cursor, Claude Code, or Devin on complex multi-step tasks

Pricing

Free

$0

60 req/min, 1,000 req/day with personal Google account. Includes Gemini 3 models with 1M token context.

Code Assist License

Paid

Higher rate limits via Google Cloud Project with Code Assist license

Vertex AI

Usage-based

Enterprise pricing via Google Cloud Vertex AI

Gemini CLI is Google's open-source AI agent for the terminal, launched at Google I/O on June 24, 2025. It embeds Gemini 2.5 Pro directly into the shell: the agent reads and edits local files, executes shell commands, browses the web with Google Search grounding, and connects to external tools via MCP. The standout feature was a 1-million-token context window — large enough to hold an entire mid-size codebase — offered free for personal use via the Gemini API free tier (1,000 requests/day).

⚠️ On May 19, 2026, Google announced Gemini CLI will stop working on June 18, 2026, replaced by Antigravity CLI — the terminal layer of the Antigravity agentic development platform. The GitHub repository (60K+ stars) will remain public. Existing users are advised to migrate to Antigravity CLI, which ships the same Gemini models with a richer parallel-agent architecture.

Key Features

• ⚠️ Deprecated: EOS June 18, 2026 — successor is Antigravity CLI
• Gemini 2.5 Pro in terminal with 1M-token context window
• Google Search grounding for web-aware responses
• Local file editing and shell command execution
• MCP support: connect external tools and APIs
• Free tier: 1,000 requests/day with personal Google account
• GitHub Actions integration for CI/CD agent workflows
• Apache 2.0 open source · 60K+ GitHub stars
• Cross-platform: macOS, Windows, Linux

Version History

v0.44.0

Merged Auto modes into single Auto mode; first-wins agent registration; new agent-tui/tui-tester skills; context files append instead of replace; sandbox and MCP improvements.

v0.43.0

Surgical Code Edits via edit tool; session export and import; adaptive token calculator for accurate content size estimation.

v0.42.0

Auto Memory Inbox with canonical-patch contract; Gemma 4 models enabled by default; voice mode wave animations; privacy/compliance UX warnings.

v0.41.0

Real-time voice mode with cloud and local backends; secure .env loading with workspace trust enforcement; enhanced shell command validation.

v0.40.0

Bundled ripgrep for offline search; GitHub-style colorblind themes; MCP resource tools; prompt-driven four-tier memory management.

Signature Snippet
In the terminal: `gemini` then type 'Read all TypeScript files in this project, find all TODO comments, group them by priority, and write a TODOS.md.' Gemini CLI reads the files, extracts TODOs, reasons about priority, and writes the markdown — all in one turn.

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