Gemini CLI

Gemini CLI is an open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly
into your terminal. It provides lightweight access to Gemini, giving you the
most direct path from your prompt to our model.

Learn all about Gemini CLI in our documentation.

🚀 Why Gemini CLI?

• 🎯 Free tier: 60 requests/min and 1,000 requests/day with personal Google
  account.
• 🧠 Powerful Gemini 3 models: Access to improved reasoning and 1M token
  context window.
• 🔧 Built-in tools: Google Search grounding, file operations, shell
  commands, web fetching.
• 🔌 Extensible: MCP (Model Context Protocol) support for custom
  integrations.
• 💻 Terminal-first: Designed for developers who live in the command line.
• 🛡️ Open source: Apache 2.0 licensed.

📦 Installation

Pre-requisites before installation

• Node.js version 20 or higher
• macOS, Linux, or Windows

Quick Install

Run instantly with npx

# Using npx (no installation required)
npx @google/gemini-cli

Install globally with npm

npm install -g @google/gemini-cli

Install globally with Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew install gemini-cli

Release Cadence and Tags

See Releases for more details.

Preview

New preview releases will be published each week at UTC 2359 on Tuesdays. These
releases will not have been fully vetted and may contain regressions or other
outstanding issues. Please help us test and install with preview tag.

npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@preview

Stable

• New stable releases will be published each week at UTC 2000 on Tuesdays, this
  will be the full promotion of last week's preview release + any bug fixes
  and validations. Use latest tag.

npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@latest

Nightly

• New releases will be published each day at UTC 0000. This will be all changes
  from the main branch as represented at time of release. It should be assumed
  there are pending validations and issues. Use nightly tag.

npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@nightly

📋 Key Features

Code Understanding & Generation

• Query and edit large codebases
• Generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal capabilities
• Debug issues and troubleshoot with natural language

Automation & Integration

• Automate operational tasks like querying pull requests or handling complex
  rebases
• Use MCP servers to connect new capabilities, including
  media generation with Imagen, Veo or Lyria
• Run non-interactively in scripts for workflow automation

Advanced Capabilities

• Ground your queries with built-in
  Google Search for real-time
  information
• Conversation checkpointing to save and resume complex sessions
• Custom context files (GEMINI.md) to tailor behavior for your projects

GitHub Integration

Integrate Gemini CLI directly into your GitHub workflows with
Gemini CLI GitHub Action:

• Pull Request Reviews: Automated code review with contextual feedback and
  suggestions
• Issue Triage: Automated labeling and prioritization of GitHub issues based
  on content analysis
• On-demand Assistance: Mention @gemini-cli in issues and pull requests
  for help with debugging, explanations, or task delegation
• Custom Workflows: Build automated, scheduled and on-demand workflows
  tailored to your team's needs

🔐 Authentication Options

Choose the authentication method that best fits your needs:

Option 1: Login with Google (OAuth login using your Google Account)

✨ Best for: Individual developers as well as anyone who has a Gemini Code
Assist License. (see
quota limits and terms of service
for details)

Benefits:

• Free tier: 60 requests/min and 1,000 requests/day
• Gemini 3 models with 1M token context window
• **No API key ma