Coding agentsFree plan
Gemini CLI
Google's open-source coding agent for the terminal.
Our take
An open-source terminal agent from Google, handy to compare with the others.
Easy to start4/5
Quality of results4/5
Free plan value5/5
Safety and privacy3/5
Our own rating for learners: we score ease for beginners, quality of results, value of the free plan, and safety for families, then average them.
What it includes
- Terminal agent
- Open source
- Project context files
- MCP connections
Quick start
Your first ten minutes with Gemini CLI.
- Install it from the official GitHub page.
- Sign in with a Google account.
- Start it in your project folder and ask it to explain the code.
- Give it one small task and review the change.
Good for
- Trying a coding agent at low cost
- Exploring a large codebase
- Comparing agents on one task
Tip
Run the same task in two agents and compare the diffs; it teaches you what good looks like.
Watch out
Check what it may run on your machine, and review every change.