Amplifying/agent-intelligence
/coding-agentsgemini-cli

Google

Gemini CLI / Antigravity CLI

Google's open-source terminal coding agent for Gemini models, with repo operations, shell and web tools, MCP support, and a free personal-account quota that made it one of the fastest-growing agent CLIs.

CLIActiveOpen sourceBYOKMCP Yes

202K

Attributed output

GitHub public-attribution count, 2026-06-09

#9

Index rank

of 34 tracked agents

n/a

Business signal

No sourced business metric

$0 free tier

Entry price

Requests per day by tier, or Gemini API tokens with a key

105,101

GitHub stars

google-gemini/gemini-cli

672,579

npm demand/wk

Adjusted from raw npm channel

24,973,196

npm installs to date

Since 2025-06-23

Activity Over Time

Weekly attributed output on public GitHub. Output visible through the agent's own bot or workflow is exact; output measured through declared attribution is an estimate. Window: 2025-02-03 to 2026-06-08.

npm Installs Over Time

Weekly npm downloads since 2025-06-23, the install-demand trajectory.

Market

Developer output

202K

Public GitHub commits attributed to Gemini

This spans Google's Gemini surfaces, so it is a Google-Gemini floor rather than a CLI-only count. Gemini CLI does not attribute its work by default, so its real output is far larger.

Last full week (2026-06-08): 2,328 signed commits (-29.6% week over week), search estimate.

Flow share: 0% of the 7998 most recent public PRs sampled (3 PRs, 8 windows, last 2026-06-17).

Snapshot 2026-06-09, confidence Low, tracked since 2026-06-09, +6.1% over 6 days. Read the methodology.

Index rank
#9 of 34
Demand share
2.6% of tracked npm demand floor
Business signal
No sourced business metric
GitHub share
9.4% of tracked stars
npm channel
693K raw downloads/week (npm primary)
npm channel caveat: npm primaryExpand

Gemini CLI / Antigravity CLI has a public npm install channel.

Counts public npm package downloads only. Other install channels, caches, mirrors, IDE extensions, and enterprise distribution are not included.

Demand floor
673K / wk

Latest public npm snapshot

Latest npm week
693K

Complete Mon-Sun week when cron-backed

Peak npm week
946K

Observed public npm range

4-week average
673K

As of 2026-06-14

All sourced signals (3)Expand
SignalValueTypeConfidence
GitHub stars105,101Public metricHigh
npm weekly downloads721,351Public metricHigh
Commits with a Gemini co-author trailer201,617Public metricLow

Pricing And Economics

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Free at 1,000 requests/day with a personal Google account; Google AI Pro is $19.99/month, Code Assist Standard $19-22.80/user/month.

Entry price
$0 free tier
Top self-serve price
$199.99/mo
Pricing unit
Requests per day by tier, or Gemini API tokens with a key
Token transparency
Task quota
Included usage
Personal Google account: 60 requests/min and 1,000/day on Gemini 3 models with the 1M context. Google AI Pro raises the CLI quota to 1,500/day, AI Ultra to 2,000/day. Code Assist Standard licenses map to 1,500/day, Enterprise to 2,000/day.
Overage path
Switch to a billed Gemini API key for usage-based token pricing, or Vertex AI for enterprise limits.

Retail Token Equivalent

Subscriptions are quoted in requests per day, not tokens. The API-key path uses Google's published Gemini API token rate card, which is fully transparent.

PlanPriceAllowanceUnitToken / Overage Notes
Free (Google account)$060 requests/min, 1,000/day on Gemini 3 models.requests/day
Google AI Pro$19.99/mo1,500 Gemini CLI / Code Assist requests per day plus consumer Gemini app limits.requests/day
Gemini Code Assist Standard$19/mo annual, $22.80 monthly1,500 requests/day per licensed user, billed per user.per user/month
Gemini Code Assist Enterprise$45/mo annual, $54 monthly2,000 requests/day per user plus code customization features.per user/month
Google AI UltraFrom $99.99/mo2,000 CLI requests/day; the $199.99 tier carries up to 20x consumer usage limits.requests/day

Unit Economics (Measured)

Mean API-retail cost per completed task on the Artificial Analysis coding agent index (358 tasks across 3 suites, pass@1 over 3 runs, snapshot 2026-06-09). These are pay-per-token API costs, not subscription effective costs.

HarnessAA indexCost / taskTokens / taskTime / task
Gemini CLI, Gemini 3.1 Pro (high)43.0$1.601.7M8m

Break-even vs API retail on the top harness (Gemini CLI, Gemini 3.1 Pro (high), $1.60/task): Google AI Pro at $19.99/mo covers about 12 tasks; Gemini Code Assist Standard at $22.8/mo covers about 14 tasks; Gemini Code Assist Enterprise at $54/mo covers about 34 tasks; Google AI Ultra at $199.99/mo covers about 125 tasks. Assumes the Artificial Analysis task mix.

The CLI is free and open source. A personal Google account includes a free quota (60 requests/min, 1,000 requests/day at launch); higher limits come with Google AI plans, Gemini Code Assist tiers, or a paid Gemini API / Vertex AI key.

  • Free-tier limits of 60 requests/min and 1,000 requests/day were published at launch in June 2025.
  • Paid paths include Google AI subscription plans, Gemini Code Assist Standard/Enterprise, and usage-based Gemini API or Vertex AI keys.

Product

Providers

GoogleGoogle Cloud / Vertex AI

Model families

Gemini 3Gemini 2.5

Capabilities

Terminal agentRepo editingShell and web toolsMCPCheckpointingGitHub Actions integration

Tradeoffs

  • Gemini models only
  • Quota and model access vary by auth path
  • Google is transitioning Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI; free and Pro/Ultra access ends June 18, 2026