Gemini CLI

At a glance

What Gemini CLI does

CLI agent, Shell access, File edits, MCP, Long context (1M+), Tool use, Search grounding

Best for

Free terminal agent powered by Gemini 3 Pro with generous quota for solo developers

Works well with

Conflicts & caveats

• Replit has its own built-in AI Agent — external integrations like Gemini CLI cannot run inside the Replit web IDE.
• Gemini CLI does not officially support Xcode. Use GitHub Copilot for Xcode or Direct API.
• Gemini CLI has limited or no official Android Studio support. Use GitHub Copilot or JetBrains AI Assistant.
• Void Editor is BYO-API-key first — Gemini CLI runs as an extension on top, which can work but isn't the intended Void workflow.
• Lapce has a small plugin ecosystem; Gemini CLI may not have an official plugin yet.
• Positron is VS Code-based but tuned for R/Python data science — Gemini CLI may install but is not officially supported.
• Gemini CLI does not officially support RStudio — use direct API calls or the rstudio.cloud Copilot integration.
• Gemini CLI does not officially support Spyder — use the direct API.
• Cursor Mobile only runs Cursor-managed agents and background tasks — local-only integrations like Gemini CLI cannot run on the phone.
• Gemini CLI does not officially support Eclipse — Copilot, Tabnine, and Codeium are the main supported options.
• Gemini CLI does not officially support Apache NetBeans — Copilot and Tabnine are the main supported options.
• Gemini CLI is locked to Google Gemini models — your LLM is Claude Sonnet 4.6.
• @codebase (Cursor) only works with Cursor built-in integration (yours is Gemini CLI).
• Continue's codebase indexing only works when the integration is Continue.dev (yours is Gemini CLI).
• Windsurf codebase indexing only works with Windsurf Cascade integration (yours is Gemini CLI).
• Aider architect mode requires the Aider integration (yours is Gemini CLI).