Google Just Launched a New AI Tool for Developers — Here’s Why It Matters to Everyone Else
- Google unveiled Gemini CLI on Wednesday as a free, open-source AI tool that runs locally in developers' terminals.
- The launch follows Google's push for open access and customization to integrate Gemini AI models closer to developer workflows.
- Gemini CLI supports natural language coding tasks, connects to Google Search and MCP servers, and includes a free license for Gemini Code Assist with access to Gemini 2.5 Pro.
- Users can access up to 1,000 complimentary model queries each day, with a maximum rate of 60 requests every minute, though Google notes that most individuals are unlikely to hit these thresholds.
- The open-source license and expected community contributions are likely to accelerate AI-powered developer tools and broader creative applications.
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Gemini CLI: Google’s Challenge to AI Terminal Apps Like Warp
Half an hour before I attended Google’s press briefing announcing Gemini CLI — an “open source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal” — I tuned into the live YouTube stream of Warp announcing its version 2.0 product. Warp, one of the original AI-focused terminal apps, was launching what it calls an “Agentic Development Environment” (yes, ADE instead of IDE). I jumped straight from Warp’s announcement to Google’s br…


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