Google's Gemini CLI is on its way

It's not a surprise, but it is exciting – it looks like Google's Gemini CLI ("command-line-interface") instance is on its way very, very soon.

A quick search just now reveals the following top result:

But clicking through right now shows the page is offline, I think because it's been published too early.

It's a big deal because CLIs are really having an outsized impact on the coding world. Just ask anyone who's been using Claude Code (like I have) since February. The difference of having one of these LLMs on the command line is night-and-day, as far as I'm concerned, compared to using the traditional chat (and cut-and-paste) interfaces. Because it can access the filesystem (and of course, theoretically other MCPs - like Claude can) it's just soooo much more efficient.

I'm looking forward to seeing what Google does with Gemini CLI. I'm keen to see how it's priced.

Some of the commentary on the related Hackernews post indicates it's likely free of charge for most:

To use Gemini CLI free of charge, simply log in with a personal Google account to get a free Gemini Code Assist license. That free license grants access to Gemini 2.5 Pro and its massive 1 million token context window. To ensure you rarely (if ever) hit a limit during this preview phase, Google offers the industry’s largest allowance: 60 model requests per minute and 1,000 requests per day — at no cost.

Fascinating. (But, it's rumour until we see it live on the site!)

Meantime, watch this space and let's see how things go, probably today or this week I'd imagine.

Update: It launched later on in the day. I can't wait to have a play with it.