---
title: "gemini-cli"
type: "tool"
slug: "google-gemini-gemini-cli"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/google-gemini-gemini-cli"
github_url: "https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli"
homepage_url: "https://geminicli.com"
stars: 105823
forks: 14226
primary_language: "TypeScript"
license: "Apache-2.0"
categories: ["ai-agents"]
tags: ["gemini-api", "mcp-server", "nodejs", "ai", "mcp-client", "typescript", "cli", "geminicli"]
updated_at: "2026-07-07T18:57:25.099788+00:00"
---

# gemini-cli

> Gemini CLI - An AI agent for your terminal

An open-source AI agent that provides lightweight access to Gemini models directly in the terminal.

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
- Homepage: https://geminicli.com
- Stars: 105,823 · Forks: 14,226 · Open issues: 1,358 · Watchers: 581
- Primary language: TypeScript
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last pushed: 2026-07-07T01:56:36+00:00

## Categories

- [AI Agents](/categories/ai-agents.md)

## Tags

gemini-api, mcp-server, nodejs, ai, mcp-client, typescript, cli, geminicli

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## README (excerpt)

```text
# Gemini CLI









Gemini CLI is an open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly
into your terminal. It provides lightweight access to Gemini, giving you the
most direct path from your prompt to our model.

Learn all about Gemini CLI in our [documentation](https://geminicli.com/docs/).

## 🚀 Why Gemini CLI?

- **🎯 Free tier**: 60 requests/min and 1,000 requests/day with personal Google
  account.
- **🧠 Powerful Gemini 3 models**: Access to improved reasoning and 1M token
  context window.
- **🔧 Built-in tools**: Google Search grounding, file operations, shell
  commands, web fetching.
- **🔌 Extensible**: MCP (Model Context Protocol) support for custom
  integrations.
- **💻 Terminal-first**: Designed for developers who live in the command line.
- **🛡️ Open source**: Apache 2.0 licensed.

## 📦 Installation

See
[Gemini CLI installation, execution, and releases](https://www.geminicli.com/docs/get-started/installation)
for recommended system specifications and a detailed installation guide.

### Quick Install

#### Run instantly with npx

```bash
# Using npx (no installation required)
npx @google/gemini-cli
```

#### Install globally with npm

```bash
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
```

#### Install globally with Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

```bash
brew install gemini-cli
```

#### Install globally with MacPorts (macOS)

```bash
sudo port install gemini-cli
```

#### Install with Anaconda (for restricted environments)

```bash
# Create and activate a new environment
conda create -y -n gemini_env -c conda-forge nodejs
conda activate gemini_env

# Install Gemini CLI globally via npm (inside the environment)
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
```

## Release Channels

See [Releases](https://www.geminicli.com/docs/changelogs) for more details.

### Preview

New preview releases will be published each week at UTC 23:59 on Tuesdays. These
releases will not have been fully vetted and may contain regressions or other
outstanding issues. Please help us test and install with `preview` tag.

```bash
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@preview
```

### Stable

- New stable releases will be published each week at UTC 20:00 on Tuesdays, this
  will be the full promotion of last week's `preview` release + any bug fixes
  and validations. Use `latest` tag.

```bash
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@latest
```

### Nightly

- New releases will be published each day at UTC 00:00. This will be all changes
  from the main branch as represented at time of release. It should be assumed
  there are pending validations and issues. Use `nightly` tag.

```bash
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@nightly
```

## 📋 Key Features

### Code Understanding & Generation

- Query and edit large codebases
- Generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal capabilities
- Debug issues and troubleshoot with natural language

### Automation & Integration

- Automate operational tasks like querying pull requests or handling complex
  rebases
- Use MCP servers to connect new capabilities, including
  [media generation with Imagen, Veo or Lyria](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/vertex-ai-creative-studio/tree/main/experiments/mcp-genmedia)
- Run non-interactively in scripts for workflow automation

### Advanced Capabilities

- Ground your queries with built-in
  [Google Search](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/grounding) for real-time
  information
- Conversation checkpointing to save and resume complex sessions
- Custom context files (GEMINI.md) to tailor behavior for your projects

### GitHub Integration

Integrate Gemini CLI directly into your GitHub workflows with
[**Gemini CLI GitHub Action**](https://github.com/google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli):

- **Pull Request Reviews**: Automated code review with contextual feedback and
  suggestions
- **Issue Triage**: Automated labeling and prioritization of GitHub issues based
  on content analysis
- **On-demand Assistance**: Mention `@gemini-cli` in issues and pull request
```

---

**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/google-gemini-gemini-cli`](/api/graphcanon/tools/google-gemini-gemini-cli)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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