Gemini CLI
UnclaimedOpen source AI coding agent powered by Google Gemini
Pricing Plans
free trialMost Popular
Free (Google Login)
Free
60 req/min, 1000 req/day with Gemini 2.5 Pro
- Gemini 2.5 Pro access
- 60 requests per minute
- 1000 requests per day
- All CLI features
- GitHub integration
Free (API Key)
Free
100 requests/day
- 100 requests per day
- All CLI features
- Usage-based billing available
Vertex AI
Free
Enterprise pricing
- Higher rate limits
- Enterprise features
- Custom pricing
About Gemini CLI
Gemini CLI is an open source AI coding agent that brings Google Gemini directly into your terminal. It provides lightweight, direct access to Gemini models for code understanding, generation, and editing across large codebases. Features include built-in Google Search grounding, file operations, shell command execution, MCP support for custom integrations, and GitHub Actions integration for automated code reviews. The free tier offers 60 requests/min and 1,000 requests/day with Gemini 2.5 Pro, making it one of the most generous free options for terminal-based AI coding.
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Gemini CLI FAQ
Yes, Gemini CLI offers a generous free tier. With Google login, you get 60 requests per minute and 1,000 requests per day using Gemini 2.5 Pro. With an API key, you get 100 requests per day free, with pay-as-you-go pricing available for more.
Both are terminal-based AI coding agents. Gemini CLI has a more generous free tier (1000 req/day vs usage-based pricing), is fully open source, and integrates with Google Search for grounding. Claude Code uses Claude models known for nuanced code understanding. Choose Gemini CLI for free usage and large refactors, Claude Code for complex reasoning tasks.
Gemini CLI can understand and edit codebases, generate code from text or images, execute shell commands, perform file operations, search the web for context, integrate with GitHub for code reviews, and support custom tools via MCP (Model Context Protocol).
You can run it without installation using npx @google/gemini-cli, install globally with npm install -g @google/gemini-cli, or use Homebrew with brew install gemini-cli. Requires Node.js 20 or higher.
Yes, Gemini CLI is fully open source under the Apache 2.0 license. The source code is available on GitHub and community contributions are welcome.