Gemini CLI
Open-source, autonomous AI coding agent from Google positioned as a major competitor to claude-code and codex. Backed by Google with impressive features for developer workflows.
Key Features
- Open-source terminal agent running directly in the terminal, providing free access to Gemini 2.5 Pro with 1 million token context window and 60 requests per minute
- Autonomous coding agent (autonomous-coding-agent)
- Direct competitor to claude-code and codex
- Google-backed development and support
Installation
Step-by-step guide available in video demonstration: David Ondrej - Gemini via CLI for coding
References
- 2026 04 14 David Ondrej Gemini via CLI for coding
- 2026 04 14 Google Gemini CLI update to V2