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Gemini CLI

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Gemini CLI is an open-source AI agent that brings Gemini directly into the terminal. It supports built-in tools, MCP extensions, GitHub workflows, automation, and multiple authentication options.

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Overview

Gemini CLI is an open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into the terminal, providing lightweight access from your prompt to the model.

Key Features

  • Free tier with 60 requests per minute and 1,000 requests per day when using a personal Google account.
  • Access to powerful Gemini 3 models with improved reasoning and a 1M token context window.
  • Built-in tools including Google Search grounding, file operations, shell commands, and web fetching.
  • Extensibility through MCP (Model Context Protocol) support for custom integrations.
  • Terminal-first design for developers who live in the command line.
  • GitHub integration for pull request reviews, issue triage, on-demand assistance, and custom workflows.

Use Cases

  • Query and edit large codebases, generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches, and debug issues with natural language.
  • Automate operational tasks such as querying pull requests or handling complex rebases, and run non-interactively in scripts.
  • Integrate with GitHub workflows for pull request reviews, issue triage, on-demand assistance, and custom automation.
  • Ground queries with built-in Google Search for real-time information and use MCP servers for custom capabilities including media generation.

Getting Started

  • Run instantly with npx @google/gemini-cli without installation.
  • Install globally with npm using npm install -g @google/gemini-cli, Homebrew using brew install gemini-cli, or MacPorts using sudo port install gemini-cli.
  • Start in the current directory with gemini, include multiple directories with gemini --include-directories ../lib,../docs, choose a model with gemini -m gemini-2.5-flash, and run non-interactively with gemini -p.
  • Authenticate by signing in with Google, using a Gemini API key, or using Vertex AI.

Before You Adopt

  • License: Apache-2.0. Review its terms before using, modifying, or distributing the project.
  • Preview releases are published weekly but are not fully vetted and may contain regressions or outstanding issues.
  • Organizations using a paid Code Assist License must set the Google Cloud Project.

Categories

MCP Servers & Tool Connectors

Tags

ai-agentapiautomationclideveloper-toolgeminigithubgoogle-cloudmcpmcp-clientoauthterminal

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