Meet Gemini CLI. AI that lives in your terminal

Gemini CLI is a free open source AI tool that hooks straight into your terminal - no fluff, no bloat.

You get Gemini 2.5 Pro baked in. That’s Google’s serious model with a 1 million token window. And the usage limit ain’t tight either - you get 60 requests a minute and up to 1000 a day no charge. Just log in with a personal Gmail and go.

Gemini CLI can help with content writeups, problem solving, deep searches and tracking tasks. You talk to it like a smart assistant and it answers straight from your prompt.

You can add extensions, tweak prompts, run it non-interactive in scripts and even pull live info with Google Search. Feels like you’ve got a teammate in the shell now.

Code Assist’s twin brother

If you’ve tried Gemini Code Assist in VS Code this will feel real familiar. They share the same engine and you get the same multi-step agent mode too. You can ask for code fixes new features or even test setups and it’ll plan the steps out handle errors and keep going till it gets it right.

All plans get this version free even the hobby one through the Insiders channel. Don’t use Code Assist yet maybe now’s the time.

Open source and open doors

Gemini CLI runs under Apache 2.0 so you can check the code change it or suggest ideas. Got a bug or feature request Post it in the GitHub repo. They’re looking for community help and you’re welcome to jump in.

The best part It’s built to grow. Uses stuff like Model Context Protocol and lets you set up team configs or personal tweaks.

Ready in under a minute

Seriously it’s dead simple. One install one Gmail login and boom Gemini is in your terminal. No wait no credit card no long setup. This was my installation:

After you click 'Enter' it simply takes you to the familiar Google OAuth screen where you confirm you want to log in wtih Google.

I'm hyped for baking my own agent, just gotta make some time for that. There's definitely no other excuse any more, so many wild tools getting dropped all the time!

GitHub: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli

Source: https://blog.google/technology/developers/introducing-gemini-cli-open-source-ai-agent/