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Some developers prefer to live in the command line interface (CLI), eschewing the flashy graphics and file management features of IDEs
Google's latest AI tool is for those terminal lovers
It's called Gemini CLI, and it shares a lot with Gemini Code Assist, but it works in your terminal environment instead of integrating with
And perhaps best of all, it's free and open source.Gemini CLI plugs into Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google's most advanced model for coding and
It can create and modify code for you right inside the terminal, but you can also call on other Google models to generate images or videos
without leaving the security of your terminal cocoon
It's essentially vibe coding from the command line.This tool is fully open source, so developers can inspect the code and help to improve it
The openness extends to how you configure the AI agent
It supports Model Context Protocol (MCP) and bundled extensions, allowing you to customize your terminal as you see fit
or teams.Now that Gemini 2.5 Pro is generally available, Gemini Code Assist has been upgraded to use the same technology as Gemini CLI
Code Assist integrates with IDEs like VS Code for those times when you need a more feature-rich environment
The new agent mode in Code Assist allows you to give the AI more general instructions, like "Add support for dark mode to my application" or
"Build my project and fix any errors."
