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Gemini CLI — Google’s Free Open-Source Coding Agent

2025-06-25 Science & Technology
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I had early access to Gemini-CLI, which is a free and open source alternative to Claude Code. This is a powerful CLI based Agent that you can run for free from @Google ​ Github Repo: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli Blogpost: https://blog.google/technology/developers/introducing-gemini-cli-open-source-ai-agent/ Website: https://engineerprompt.ai/ RAG Beyond Basics Course: https://prompt-s-site.thinkific.com/courses/rag Let's Connect: 🦾 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/t4eYQRUcXB ☕ Buy me a Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/promptengineering |🔴 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PromptEngineering 💼Consulting: https://calendly.com/engineerprompt/consulting-call 📧 Business Contact: [email protected] Become Member: http://tinyurl.com/y5h28s6h 💻 Pre-configured localGPT VM: https://bit.ly/localGPT (use Code: PromptEngineering for 50% off). Signup for Newsletter, localgpt: https://tally.so/r/3y9bb0 00:00 Introduction to Gemini CLI 01:06 Setting Up Gemini CLI 02:32 Using Gemini CLI Commands 04:55 Creating a Text-to-Image Web App 05:40 Troubleshooting and Debugging 10:05 Token Usage and Optimization 11:29 Final Thoughts and Comparison

Top Comments (10)

@crstdr1 2025-06-25

Love they delivered this. A comparison with Claude CLI would be great.

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@bhaveshgohel 2025-06-25

Thank you for sharing. :)

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@DogeDELUX 2025-06-27

Not quite sure if I understand the use-case for CLI-based agents, as opposed to IDE-based. Is it because of a lighter footprint that makes it appealing? I'm sure there are legitimate use cases where it makes sense, just not seeing it atm. Still pretty neat though regardless.

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@khalidelgazzar 2025-06-26

Thanks that was a helpful walkthrough

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@iznotv 2025-06-25

amazing

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@wtcbd01 2025-06-26

Please compare the two CLI's

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@maikemk-zw4ug 2025-06-26

My login keeps getting stuck.Why?

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@jmsolorzano13 2025-06-26

🔥🤯 wooow... Amazing Google

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@Maran-m7r 2025-06-26

I love to see whether we can integrate this with our github directly and start vibe coding

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@marma6937 2025-06-25

pls a comparison between booth

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