Gemini CLI
Open-source terminal coding agent powered by Gemini.
An open-source AI agent for the terminal that reads and edits code, runs commands and uses MCP servers, with a generous free tier on a personal Google account.
- Vendor
- Category
- Coding assistants
- Pricing
- Open source
- Open source
- Yes
- License
- Apache 2.0
- Platforms
- CLI
- Launched
- 2025
- Website
- github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
Features
- Terminal agent
- MCP support
- Free tier
Best for
- Coding
- Agents
Works with
- Gemini 3.8 Flash — Google. Google’s most intelligent Flash model — fully multimodal, fast and affordable.
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