Gemini CLI

Google's open-source terminal coding agent powered by Gemini models, which reads your repo, edits files and runs commands.

Visit geminicli.com ↗Alternatives

Works with AI agents:llms.txt CLI

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Where it fits

AI Coding Assistants · Terminal agentAn open-source terminal agent on Gemini models with a free tier, for reading the repo, editing files and running commands.Trade-off: Built around Gemini models, and the free tier has daily request limits.

How Gemini CLI itself is built

1 tools, from its own code, website and Product Hunt page.

Who uses it

No maker's live product on record yet.

We haven't found a product that uses Gemini CLI yet. It helps makers work but doesn't ship inside the product, so only a maker saying so counts.

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Reliability and open issues

Most wanted on GitHub

Add gemini-3.1-pro-preview👍 110 · opened Feb 2026 · active May 2026
Public Roadmap👍 101 · opened Jul 2025 · active Aug 2026
Enterprise Gemini CLI users were promised access to the latest models — so where are Gemini 3.5 Flash and 3.6 Flash?👍 58 · opened Aug 2026 · active Sep 2026
[Agents] Post V1.0 Work👍 50 · opened Jul 2025 · active Oct 2026
Audio input instead of typing👍 15 · opened Jun 2025 · active May 2026

Open on 2026-10-04 in google-gemini/gemini-cli, with activity in the last year — issues and feature requests by 👍.

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Questions makers ask about Gemini CLI

Is Gemini CLI free?

Yes — it is free, open-source software. source ↗

Is Gemini CLI open source or self-hostable?

Open source. source ↗

Can AI coding agents work with Gemini CLI?

It serves an llms.txt docs index; it has an official CLI (@google/gemini-cli).

Who uses Gemini CLI?

No tracked product yet. source ↗