Google has announced Gemini CLI, an open source tool designed to bring its AI models directly into the developer terminal. The Mountain View giant is not the first company to think of putting an AI assistant in the command line. Weve seen similar projects from Google competitors in this space, like OpenAI with Codex CLI and Anthropic with Claude Code released last February . What seems to be Google main advantage here is the usage allowance, which is surprisingly generous for a free offering.
