Google has released Gemini CLI, a new open-source AI command-line interface that brings the full capabilities of its Gemini 2.5 Pro model directly into developers’ terminals. Designed for ...

It's called Gemini CLI, and it shares a lot with Gemini Code Assist, but it works in your terminal environment instead of integrating with an IDE. And perhaps best of all, it's free and open source.

Google launched a new, open source AI coding tool for terminals, Gemini CLI, to compete with similar offerings from OpenAI and Anthropic.

Also, Gemini CLI can work with other apps, not just Google's Gemini-based AI tools. It supports MCP, so developers can plug it into all sorts of tools that also support the interconnectivity protocol.

Google introduces Gemini CLI, a free, open-source AI agent that enables developers to code, debug, and automate tasks directly from their terminal.

It’s also open source, OpenAI says. “ [Codex CLI is] a lightweight, open source coding agent that runs locally in your terminal,” an OpenAI spokesperson told TechCrunch via email.