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An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.

109 mentions on Hacker News by 92 people: 24 stories, 85 comments · first 2025-06-25 · latest 2026-06-02

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  1. So they did. https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/2727... I get the complaints in that thread but I still think it is hilarious. That repo is a gong show to random shit and perhaps one of the best worst examples of…
    comment by tempest_ · 2026-06-02 · in Alphabet announces $80B equity capital raise to expand AI infra and compute
  2. Gemini CLI was open source (Apache 2): https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli Antigravity CLI is not - the repo has a README and an animated gif demo: https://github.com/google-antigravity/antigravity-cli
    comment by simonw · 2026-05-20 · in Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026
  3. Meanwhile Gemini CLI has been broken for months! https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/22141
    comment by agluszak · 2026-05-07 · in AlphaEvolve: Gemini-powered coding agent scaling impact across fields
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    Gemini CLI not working for 100s of paying users for more than a month
    story by krisgenre · 2026-04-30 · 0 comments
  5. …is exactly the opposite of the gp comment is saying. The gemini-cli repo is gong show too https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
    comment by tempest_ · 2026-04-29 · in Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2026 Results
  6. …It's being implemented in gemini-cli with limited success. https://june.kim/union-find-compaction https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/24736
    comment by kimjune01 · 2026-04-25 · in Tell HN: Claude 4.7 is ignoring stop hooks
  7. …customer service policy is the same as it was when they just did search: reproachful silence. https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/2297...
    comment by mapontosevenths · 2026-04-16 · in The Gemini app is now on Mac
  8. …moved to Kiro for my IDE and Codex for my CLI and am as happy as clam with this new setup. [1] https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/24937
    comment by geeky4qwerty · 2026-04-12 · in Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage
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    Gemini CLI is an open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal
    story by mariuz · 2026-04-01 · 1 comment
  10. …rate-limited that the CLI is non-functional. There are many reports of this issue on Github. [1] 1/ https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues?q=is%3Ais...
    comment by kakugawa · 2026-03-31 · in Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
  11. Is https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli not 'the flagship agent' itself? It looks that way to me, for example here's a part of the prompt https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/e293424bb49...
    comment by kaszanka · 2026-03-31 · in Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry
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    Gemini CLI not working for many users
    story by dr_kiszonka · 2026-03-26 · 4 comments
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    Google Gemini bans OAuth with third parties blocking most OpenClaw users
    story by mapontosevenths · 2026-03-25 · 1 comment
  14. Gemini has similar bug https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/1028 , that essentially made this tool absolutely unusable for me. Never had this problem with Claude tho. Must be something environment-specific.
    comment by ekropotin · 2026-03-20 · in Push events into a running session with channels
  15. ▲ 7
    Gemini CLI: mitigating abuse and prioritizing traffic
    story by benjaminhays · 2026-03-19 · 0 comments
  16. ▲ 3
    Gemini CLI Shake-Up: Abuse Controls and Traffic Priorities
    story by anhldbk · 2026-03-19 · 0 comments
  17. …they wanted to push something out to compete with Claude code but it's just really really bad. [0] https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/17583 [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Bard/comments/1l8vil5/gemini_keeps_...
    comment by jijji · 2026-03-06 · in GPT-5.4
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    Got suspended while using headless mode with custom system prompt
    story by gck1 · 2026-03-02 · 0 comments
  19. https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/2063... This comment resonated with me in particular.
    comment by burgerone · 2026-02-28 · in Addressing Antigravity Bans and Reinstating Access
  20. …Seeing this made me wonder if I had missed it. Turns out it was added to the TOS 2 days ago - diff https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/20488/chang... . I'd be happy to stand corrected here. Anti Gravity I understand, they are…
    comment by hsaliak · 2026-02-28 · in Addressing Antigravity Bans and Reinstating Access
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    Addressing Antigravity Bans and Reinstating Access
    story by RyanShook · 2026-02-28 · 216 comments
  22. …OpenClaw etc not a "custom AI tool", where exactly is the line drawn? This is just a rug pull. [1] https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/c7237f0c795...
    comment by gck1 · 2026-02-24 · in Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw
  23. …still don't see it, and there's been no clarification from Google about what is going on, and why: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/19532 They are not serious. I only keep the "AI Pro" sub because it comes with a couple…
    comment by cmrdporcupine · 2026-02-23 · in Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw
  24. https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
    comment by alooPotato · 2026-02-19 · in Gemini 3.1 Pro
  25. …(seems like at least) you've have no idea what your bot has created. Gemini CLI is open source btw: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli . (Codex too; Claude Code is closed.)
    comment by forgotpwd16 · 2026-01-24 · in I made a CLI tool that turns free Gemini into a local AI agent
  26. …that incorrectly sees gemini-cli as lacking the permission to do that. The fix looks like it was https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/16762 because the bot adding labels wasn't passing the org-level ownership check they used at…
    comment by magicalist · 2026-01-22 · in It looks like the status/need-triage label was removed
  27. This isn't the first time it's happened, either. It's a pretty frequently recurring issue, in fact: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/16723 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/16725…
    comment by TACD · 2026-01-22 · in It looks like the status/need-triage label was removed
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    It looks like the status/need-triage label was removed
    story by nickswalker · 2026-01-22 · 82 comments
  29. …number of function response parts is equal…” These issues have been open for months: Broken auth: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/11925 Parallel tool crash: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/13292…
    comment by basher · 2026-01-18 · in Google's "AI Ultra" Is a Storage Plan Disguised as a Dev Tool
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    GitHub Gemini-CLI block in a loop
    story by mraniki · 2026-01-17 · 0 comments
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    Gemini CLI bot infinite loop
    story by lukax · 2026-01-16 · 0 comments
  32. Wow. If you look at all the issues this seems pretty common https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues?q=is%3Ais...
    comment by DeepYogurt · 2026-01-15 · in GitHub Incident
  33. https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/16723 is even worse, GitHub shows `5195 remaining items` in the collapsed timeline.
    comment by MattIPv4 · 2026-01-15 · in GitHub Incident
  34. Perhaps the gemini-cli bot arguing with itself is taking its toll https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/16750
    comment by bakje · 2026-01-15 · in GitHub Incident
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    Agent Skills are coming to Gemini CLI
    story by m-hodges · 2026-01-04 · 0 comments
  36. What for? there's already Gemini CLI ( https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli ) for that, unless I'm missing some crucial feature not supported by that.
    comment by anovick · 2025-12-21 · in Claude in Chrome
  37. Looks like they added it to the Gemini CLI public roadmap last week: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/11506#eve...
    comment by simonw · 2025-12-13 · in OpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI
  38. …into the shell , thank fuck I didn't have some text that mentions rm -rf or something. More info: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/14735#iss... At the same time, neither Codex CLI, nor Claude Code had that issue (and both…
    comment by KronisLV · 2025-12-11 · in GPT-5.2
  39. …of issues on the Gemini CLI tracker around Google AI/Google One/Google Cloud/Google Workspaces. https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/12121 It is far too easy to accidentally end up under the wrong privacy agreement, to the…
    comment by halifaxbeard · 2025-11-19 · in Building more with GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
  40. https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/release/v0.... > For Google AI Ultra subscribers and paid Gemini and Vertex API key holders, Gemini 3 Pro is already available and ready to enable. For everyone else, we're gradually…
    comment by thomasm6m6 · 2025-11-19 · in 5 Things to Try with Gemini 3 Pro in Gemini CLI
  41. …anyone wants to confirm if this link is official, it is. https://goo.gle/enable-preview-features -> https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/release/v0.... --> https://goo.gle/geminicli-waitlist-signup --->…
    comment by eevmanu · 2025-11-18 · in Gemini 3
  42. You can install the Gemini CLI ( https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli ) but assign a "paid" API key to it (unless you pay for Gemini Ultra).
    comment by rafaquintanilha · 2025-11-18 · in Gemini 3
  43. Gemini CLI crashes due to this bug: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/13050 and when applying the fix in the settings file I can't login with my Google account due to "The authentication did not complete successfully. The…
    comment by sunaookami · 2025-11-18 · in Gemini 3
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    Gemini 3 in Gemini CLI
    story by tosh · 2025-11-18 · 0 comments
  45. https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
    comment by muro · 2025-11-18 · in Gemini 3 Pro Model Card [pdf]
  46. I think this is the PR that implemented the feature: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/6694 > feat(shell): enable interactive commands with virtual terminal
    comment by neuronexmachina · 2025-10-23 · in Run interactive commands in Gemini CLI
  47. …in real-time. It's not just a stream of text; it's a live feed." Terminal serializer code: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/main/packag... Uses @xterm/headless npm package.
    comment by selvan · 2025-10-23 · in Run interactive commands in Gemini CLI
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    Gemini CLI Loading Phrases
    story by caminanteblanco · 2025-10-21 · 0 comments
  49. Have they figured out how to notify the user when a task is done or requires the user's input? https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/4310 Well I guess not...
    comment by raincole · 2025-10-08 · in Now open for building: Introducing Gemini CLI extensions
  50. …an open source Gemini cli with a generous free tier that more directly competes with Claude code. https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli It was pretty rough at launch but has gotten a lot better. So has Claude code though, so I’ve…
    comment by mattnewton · 2025-10-04 · in Jules, remote coding agent from Google Labs, announces API