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Gemini CLI

Gemini CLI is Google's open-source terminal agent for working with Gemini models. It includes file operations, shell commands, web fetching, Google Search grounding, and MCP support.

Official site RepositoryVerified Oct 3, 2026

Provider

Google

Direct models

Selectable models

API integrations

Open source

Yes

Overview

Gemini CLI is distributed under the Apache-2.0 license. Personal Google accounts have a free usage tier, with paid options available through supported Google services.

Agent details

Type: Coding
Autonomy: Supervised
Environments: Local, Cli
Human in loop: Yes
Pricing: Freemium
Categories: AI Coding, Open-source Coding Agents, Terminal Coding Agents

Capabilities

File operationsShell commandsWeb fetchingGoogle Search groundingMCP integrations

Personal Google accounts have a free Gemini CLI quota. Paid options depend on the selected Google service or license.

Selectable or integrated models

These are documented as selectable or accessible, not necessarily the product's default models.

Modelactive

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Gemini 3.8 Flash is a Google model for long-horizon software engineering, agent workflows, and multimodal tasks, available through the Gemini API.

API integrations

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Gemini API

Gemini API provides programmatic access to Google's Gemini and related generative models through standard, streaming, real-time, batch, embeddings, and media endpoints.

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Qwen Code

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Provider

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Google

Google develops internet, cloud, developer, and AI products, including the Gemini model and developer-tool product family.