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With the README and the authentication page corrected and the page's own banner saying unpaid-tier users moved to Antigravity CLI, the claim now stands on one page, so the deduction is -2, as routerplus and openbb take for one page advertising a free tier that isn't there (https://geminicli.com/docs/resources/quota-and-pricing/)", "2026-09-08 and 2026-09-23. 0.59.0 \"Prevented Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) during Model Context Protocol (MCP) OAuth metadata discovery and authentication\" and 0.61.0 \"Prevented indirect prompt injection vulnerabilities via build file modifications and untrusted flags\". Both are released fixes of flaws in the CLI's own code, and SECURITY.md says disclosure goes through GitHub Security Advisories, but OSV has no advisory for either, so -3, one term for both (https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/main/docs/changelogs/index.md)" ], "verdict": "Apache-2.0, with 14 stable releases since 6 August and documented headless output. 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Installed from Conductor's own download, which stopped taking new users on 4 November 2026 (10). Closed source, so no public CI or issue tracker (0, 0). A dated changelog, newest 0.93.0 on 4 November (15). Version 0.93 (0). 10 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 25.", "b": "Local-package reading. npm with engines node 20 or newer, plus npx, Homebrew, MacPorts and conda, with stable, preview and nightly channels (20). Public CI with ci.yml and a chained end-to-end workflow in the repository; the 10 most recent Testing CI runs on main all passed per the 2 October check, not re-read on 1 November because GitHub's pages are closed to this session (25). 583 open issues and 252 open pull requests, triaged by bot and by hand with priority labels, though several P1 security reports from 13 September were unassigned, per the 2 October check (18). releases.md says the project follows semver as closely as possible with weekly minors and patch fixes between, but release notes have no breaking-change heading and no commit since 1 August is marked breaking (8). 0.66.0, pre-1.0 (0). 20 + 25 + 18 + 8 + 0 = 71." }, "scores": { "a": 25, "b": 71 } }, { "by": 37, "category": "transparency", "leads": "gemini-cli", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Closed service with terms and privacy pages (15). The transition notice says when Cloud data deletion begins (20 November) and that all user data is deleted when the app shuts down in early 2027 (20 of 30). Dated shutdown notice (15 of 20). SOC 2 report on a trust portal, subprocessors not read (10 of 20). 15 + 20 + 15 + 10 = 60.", "b": "Apache-2.0 (30). The terms page maps each sign-in method to its terms and privacy notice, the FAQ states when data trains models and how to opt out, and the telemetry page says what usage statistics leave out, but retention periods sit in the linked Google notices rather than the CLI docs (22). Dated deprecation notices exist. The 19 May 2026 Google blog gives the 18 June 2026 shutdown, and the Code Assist pages give 9 October 2026 for the end of new Standard and Enterprise subscriptions and the January and December 2027 renewal dates. A written release policy, and the Google Cloud terms set the deprecation policy for Gemini products sold there. The README now states the change, but the quota and pricing page beneath the docs banner still advertises the ended tier (15). Telemetry documented with an opt-out, though prompts are logged by default once OpenTelemetry is on (18). 30 + 22 + 15 + 18 = 85." }, "scores": { "a": 53, "b": 90 } }, { "by": 33, "category": "schema", "leads": "gemini-cli", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading. Docs for workspaces, review and merge, a Conductor API reference page linked from the docs (not read), and security and permissions pages (60).", "b": "Framework reading. settings.schema.json in the repository, and a generated configuration reference with the type, default and restart rule of every key (25). llms.txt at geminicli.com serving the documentation as Markdown (10). Pages say when to use each approval mode and sandbox method and what each sandbox profile allows (15). Approval modes, sandbox commands and Seatbelt profiles are enums (13). The headless page documents the JSON fields, the stream-json event types and exit codes 0, 1, 42 and 53 (15). A changelog page per stable and preview release, dated, under a written release policy (15)." }, "scores": { "a": 60, "b": 93 } }, { "by": 30, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "gemini-cli", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "0.93.0 on 4 November 2026 (30). Several dated releases in 90 days, per the changelog index (20). Discord, a subreddit and email for support (8). Closed app, no package or CI to read (0). 30 + 20 + 8 + 0 + 0 = 58. 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A security and permissions page (10 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance found (5). No audit log found (5). SOC 2 Type II report at trust.conductor.build (15 of 20). 10 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 = 45.", "b": "Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing), five lines. Usage statistics on by default (`privacy.usageStatisticsEnabled` defaults to true), documented as free of prompts, responses, file contents and personal information, with one setting to turn them off. Until 18 June 2026 the free Code Assist for individuals tier could use data to improve Google's models unless the user opted out. Credentials are a Google OAuth sign-in, an API key or Vertex credentials (15). Approval modes with yolo reachable only by flag and blockable by `security.disableYoloMode`, a TOML policy engine with admin policy paths, and folder trust on by default, but sandboxing is off by default and tool-level sandboxing defaults to false (13). Environment-variable redaction, and 0.61.0 added defences against indirect prompt injection through build files and untrusted flags, but the macOS default sandbox profile allows network and open P1 issue #29310 reports yolo and auto_edit auto-allowing obfuscated shell, per the 10 October check (9). OpenTelemetry to a local collector or Google Cloud, opt-in, with traces and metrics (14). SECURITY.md routes reports to g.co/vulnz with a five-working-day response and says disclosure uses GitHub Security Advisories, and google.com has a valid security.txt to 2030. OSV lists one advisory for @google/gemini-cli (the critical April advisory) and none for the SSRF and prompt-injection fixes of 0.59.0 and 0.61.0 (16). 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-conductor.json", "title": "Clawboo vs Conductor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-conductor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-gemini-cli.json", "title": "Clawboo vs Gemini CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-gemini-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-conductor.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Conductor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-conductor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-gemini-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Gemini CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-gemini-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness-autonomous.json", "title": "Conductor vs Harness", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness-autonomous" }, { "json": 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"scores": [ { "by": 46, "conductor": 25, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 71, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 33, "conductor": 60, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 93, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 23, "conductor": 55, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 78, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 22, "conductor": 45, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 67, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "conductor": 0, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 20, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 30, "conductor": 58, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 88, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 37, "conductor": 53, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 90, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Gemini CLI scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "conductor": "Conductor ran parallel coding agents on the Mac, and Meta is acquiring it. It has taken no new users since 4 November 2026, Cloud turns read-only on 13 November and shuts down on 20 November, and the local app winds down in early 2027, when all user data is deleted.", "gemini-cli": "Apache-2.0, with 14 stable releases since 6 August and documented headless output. Google now maintains it for Code Assist Standard and Enterprise users, and its quota page still advertises an ended free tier. Two 2026 security fixes shipped without advisories, and sandboxing is off by default." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-gemini-cli", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-gemini-cli.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-gemini-cli.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-gemini-cli.min.md" }, "markdown": "Gemini CLI scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Conductor: grade E, 41.3/100, rank #1285 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/conductor.json\n- Gemini CLI: grade B, 64.8/100, rank #453 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gemini-cli.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Conductor (E)\n\nGood for: Existing Conductor users planning their move before Cloud closes on 20 November 2026 and the local app winds down in early 2027.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Gemini CLI loses 7 points for them\n\nWatch for: No new downloads or sign-ups since 4 November 2026\n\n### Gemini CLI (B)\n\nGood for: Teams with Gemini Code Assist Standard or Enterprise licences, or paid Gemini API or Vertex AI credentials, that want an open-source harness with documented headless output.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 71 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 93 against 60\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 55\n- Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 45\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 88 against 58\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 90 against 53\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Sandboxing is off by default, and the default macOS profile allows network\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Reliability: Gemini CLI +46\n\n- Conductor (25): Read as local software that is winding down. Installed from Conductor's own download, which stopped taking new users on 4 November 2026 (10). Closed source, so no public CI or issue tracker (0, 0). A dated changelog, newest 0.93.0 on 4 November (15). Version 0.93 (0). 10 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 25.\n- Gemini CLI (71): Local-package reading. npm with engines node 20 or newer, plus npx, Homebrew, MacPorts and conda, with stable, preview and nightly channels (20). Public CI with ci.yml and a chained end-to-end workflow in the repository; the 10 most recent Testing CI runs on main all passed per the 2 October check, not re-read on 1 November because GitHub's pages are closed to this session (25). 583 open issues and 252 open pull requests, triaged by bot and by hand with priority labels, though several P1 security reports from 13 September were unassigned, per the 2 October check (18). releases.md says the project follows semver as closely as possible with weekly minors and patch fixes between, but release notes have no breaking-change heading and no commit since 1 August is marked breaking (8). 0.66.0, pre-1.0 (0). 20 + 25 + 18 + 8 + 0 = 71.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Gemini CLI +37\n\n- Conductor (53): Closed service with terms and privacy pages (15). The transition notice says when Cloud data deletion begins (20 November) and that all user data is deleted when the app shuts down in early 2027 (20 of 30). Dated shutdown notice (15 of 20). SOC 2 report on a trust portal, subprocessors not read (10 of 20). 15 + 20 + 15 + 10 = 60.\n- Gemini CLI (90): Apache-2.0 (30). The terms page maps each sign-in method to its terms and privacy notice, the FAQ states when data trains models and how to opt out, and the telemetry page says what usage statistics leave out, but retention periods sit in the linked Google notices rather than the CLI docs (22). Dated deprecation notices exist. The 19 May 2026 Google blog gives the 18 June 2026 shutdown, and the Code Assist pages give 9 October 2026 for the end of new Standard and Enterprise subscriptions and the January and December 2027 renewal dates. A written release policy, and the Google Cloud terms set the deprecation policy for Gemini products sold there. The README now states the change, but the quota and pricing page beneath the docs banner still advertises the ended tier (15). Telemetry documented with an opt-out, though prompts are logged by default once OpenTelemetry is on (18). 30 + 22 + 15 + 18 = 85.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Gemini CLI +33\n\n- Conductor (60): Harness reading. Docs for workspaces, review and merge, a Conductor API reference page linked from the docs (not read), and security and permissions pages (60).\n- Gemini CLI (93): Framework reading. settings.schema.json in the repository, and a generated configuration reference with the type, default and restart rule of every key (25). llms.txt at geminicli.com serving the documentation as Markdown (10). Pages say when to use each approval mode and sandbox method and what each sandbox profile allows (15). Approval modes, sandbox commands and Seatbelt profiles are enums (13). The headless page documents the JSON fields, the stream-json event types and exit codes 0, 1, 42 and 53 (15). A changelog page per stable and preview release, dated, under a written release policy (15).\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Gemini CLI +30\n\n- Conductor (58): 0.93.0 on 4 November 2026 (30). Several dated releases in 90 days, per the changelog index (20). Discord, a subreddit and email for support (8). Closed app, no package or CI to read (0). 30 + 20 + 8 + 0 + 0 = 58. The local app gets new models and critical fixes only until early 2027.\n- Gemini CLI (88): 0.66.0 on 2026-10-27 (30). 14 stable releases from 3 August to 1 November (0.54.0, 0.54.4, 0.55.1 and 0.56.0 to 0.66.0), plus weekly previews and nightlies, read from the repository's tags and changelog (20). 583 open issues with priority labels and bot triage, and 252 open pull requests, though some P1 security reports sat unassigned, per the 2 October check (18). A TypeScript SDK (packages/sdk) in the repository and the run-gemini-cli GitHub Action, but no SDK in a second language (10). CI, nightly evals and an Allstar policy (10). 30 + 20 + 18 + 10 + 10 = 88.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Gemini CLI +23\n\n- Conductor (55): Harness reading. Each task gets a workspace, branch, terminal and diff, with pull requests and merges from the app, and an API for integrations; not re-read in detail (55).\n- Gemini CLI (78): Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. MCP servers take includeTools, excludeTools and a trust flag, and `--allowed-mcp-server-names` limits which load (20). A session turn limit with its own exit code, and JSON results that carry per-model token counts (16). Documented exit codes and an error object in JSON output (18). `--resume` and checkpointing (14). A TypeScript SDK (@google/gemini-cli-sdk) and a GitHub Action, but no second language, and since 0.39.1 a CI run has to set `GEMINI_TRUST_WORKSPACE` to work in its own checkout (10).\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Gemini CLI +22\n\n- Conductor (45): Closed app. Telemetry and data handling weren't read beyond the transition notice (10 of 30). A security and permissions page (10 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance found (5). No audit log found (5). SOC 2 Type II report at trust.conductor.build (15 of 20). 10 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 = 45.\n- Gemini CLI (67): Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing), five lines. Usage statistics on by default (`privacy.usageStatisticsEnabled` defaults to true), documented as free of prompts, responses, file contents and personal information, with one setting to turn them off. Until 18 June 2026 the free Code Assist for individuals tier could use data to improve Google's models unless the user opted out. Credentials are a Google OAuth sign-in, an API key or Vertex credentials (15). Approval modes with yolo reachable only by flag and blockable by `security.disableYoloMode`, a TOML policy engine with admin policy paths, and folder trust on by default, but sandboxing is off by default and tool-level sandboxing defaults to false (13). Environment-variable redaction, and 0.61.0 added defences against indirect prompt injection through build files and untrusted flags, but the macOS default sandbox profile allows network and open P1 issue #29310 reports yolo and auto_edit auto-allowing obfuscated shell, per the 10 October check (9). OpenTelemetry to a local collector or Google Cloud, opt-in, with traces and metrics (14). SECURITY.md routes reports to g.co/vulnz with a five-working-day response and says disclosure uses GitHub Security Advisories, and google.com has a valid security.txt to 2030. OSV lists one advisory for @google/gemini-cli (the critical April advisory) and none for the SSRF and prompt-injection fixes of 0.59.0 and 0.61.0 (16). SOC 2 isn't scored on the framework reading. 15 + 13 + 9 + 14 + 16 = 67.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Conductor | Gemini CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 71 | Gemini CLI +46 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 93 | Gemini CLI +33 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 78 | Gemini CLI +23 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 67 | Gemini CLI +22 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 20 | Gemini CLI +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 88 | Gemini CLI +30 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 90 | Gemini CLI +37 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -7 | |\n| **Total** | | **41.3 · E** | **64.8 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Conductor | Gemini CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Conductor (joining Meta) | Google |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-27 |\n| Terms last updated | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | 2026-10-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not read yet | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | none | 107k stars |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Conductor\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### Gemini CLI\n\n- -2.0 on 1 November 2026: correction\n- +0.1 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n- -5.3 on 10 October 2026 (BB to B): new evidence, correction, negative event\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Conductor.** Conductor ran parallel coding agents on the Mac, and Meta is acquiring it. It has taken no new users since 4 November 2026, Cloud turns read-only on 13 November and shuts down on 20 November, and the local app winds down in early 2027, when all user data is deleted.\n\n**Gemini CLI.** Apache-2.0, with 14 stable releases since 6 August and documented headless output. Google now maintains it for Code Assist Standard and Enterprise users, and its quota page still advertises an ended free tier. Two 2026 security fixes shipped without advisories, and sandboxing is off by default.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Conductor\n\n1. Export your data from Settings, Account, Export data before 20 November 2026\n2. Move Cloud workspaces to your Mac with Transfer to local before 13 November\n3. Plan a move off the local app before early 2027; see the agent-harnesses category for alternatives\n\n### Gemini CLI\n\n1. Set `GEMINI_TRUST_WORKSPACE` to true only for trusted inputs in CI. Since 0.39.1 headless mode doesn't trust a folder on its own\n2. Turn on the sandbox with `-s` or `tools.sandbox`, and pick a proxied Seatbelt profile on macOS to cut network\n3. Set `privacy.usageStatisticsEnabled` to false to stop usage statistics\n4. Since 0.63.0, plans run without interactive confirmation in non-interactive mode, so set the approval mode explicitly before a headless run\n5. Authenticate with a paid Gemini API key or Vertex credentials. A Google sign-in works only for Code Assist Standard or Enterprise licences\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Conductor or Gemini CLI?\n\nGemini CLI scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Conductor and Gemini CLI open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Conductor. Gemini CLI is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-gemini-cli.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-gemini-cli.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"conductor\", \"b\": \"gemini-cli\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare conductor gemini-cli`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/conductor.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gemini-cli.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Conductor or Gemini CLI\n\n- [Agent Zero vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Agent Zero vs Gemini CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-gemini-cli.md)\n- [Aider vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Aider vs Gemini CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-gemini-cli.md)\n- [Amp vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Amp vs Gemini CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-gemini-cli.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Gemini 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