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Google's terms forbid using the Gemini CLI sign-in from third-party software.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free with a Google sign-in, up to 1,000 model requests a user a day, or 250 a day on Flash with an unpaid Gemini API key. Google AI Pro raises the daily limit to 1,500 and Ultra to 2,000, Code Assist Standard to 1,500 and Enterprise to 2,000. Pay as you go through a paid Gemini API key or Vertex AI at token rates. Requests are also limited per minute (checked 2026-10-02).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-02).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 107000, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-02" }, "docsUrl": "https://geminicli.com/docs/", "llmsTxt": "https://geminicli.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "open-source", "typescript", "mcp", "llms-txt", "telemetry-default-on", "pre-1.0", "free-tier", "no-card", "gemini-only" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 72.3, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 72, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 88, "payments": 40, "reliability": 71, "schema": 93, "security": 67, "transparency": 90 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-04-24. GHSA-wpqr-6v78-jr5g, critical (CVSS 10). In CI, headless Gemini CLI trusted the workspace folder automatically and loaded its configuration, and `--yolo` ignored fine-grained tool allowlists, so a workflow fed untrusted pull requests or issues could run an attacker's code. Fixed in @google/gemini-cli 0.39.1 and run-gemini-cli 0.1.22 and published, so the deduction is small (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wpqr-6v78-jr5g)" ], "verdict": "Apache-2.0, CI passing on main, and 583 open issues with priority labels. Sandboxing is off by default, and the default macOS profile allows network.", "strengths": [ "Apache-2.0, CI passing on main, and 583 open issues with priority labels", "A weekly stable release after a week in preview, under a written release policy", "Headless JSON and stream-json output with documented exit codes, including 53 for the turn limit", "A TOML policy engine with admin policy paths, folder trust on by default and a setting that blocks yolo mode", "1,000 free requests a day with a Google sign-in and no card" ], "weaknesses": [ "Sandboxing is off by default, and the default macOS profile allows network", "Usage statistics on by default, and the free tier may train on data unless the user opts out", "A critical advisory in April 2026 (CVSS 10) for CI runs that trusted untrusted repositories", "Pre-1.0 at 0.62.0, and Gemini models only", "Open P1 report #29310 says yolo and auto_edit auto-allow obfuscated shell commands" ], "agentNotes": [ "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", "Turn on the sandbox with `-s` or `tools.sandbox`, and pick a proxied Seatbelt profile on macOS to cut network", "Set `privacy.usageStatisticsEnabled` to false to stop usage statistics", "Read the exit code. 42 is bad input and 53 is the turn limit", "Use `--output-format stream-json` to get tool calls and results as JSONL events" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 72.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 88, "payments": 40, "reliability": 71, "schema": 93, "security": 67, "transparency": 80 }, "provenanceScore": 100 }, "connect": { "install": "npm i -g @google/gemini-cli # or: brew install gemini-cli", "headless": { "run": "gemini -p \"fix the failing test\" --output-format json --approval-mode auto_edit" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/gemini-cli" }, "sameCompany": [ "gemini-api", "gemini-embedding", "vertex-ai-tuning", "google-model-armor", "google-imagen", "google-veo", "google-lyria", "google-speech-to-text", "google-adk", "google-secret-manager", "google-weather-api", "chrome-devtools-mcp", "google-maps-platform", "google-cloud-translation", "google-calendar-api", "google-drive-api" ], "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Google LLC", "domain": "google.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-09-15", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://geminicli.com/docs/resources/tos-privacy", "privacy": "https://policies.google.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://aistudio.google.com/status", "changelog": "https://geminicli.com/docs/changelogs", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The docs are on geminicli.com. The terms page there maps each sign-in method to its own terms and privacy notice (Gemini Code Assist, the Gemini API unpaid and paid services, Google Cloud).", "The status page is the Gemini API's. 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Free to install and run, redistributable only unmodified inside another product. The repository holds the README, changelog and install script, not the source", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@github/copilot" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "`/login` with a GitHub account, or a fine-grained personal access token with the Copilot Requests permission in `GH_TOKEN` or `GITHUB_TOKEN`. Organisations and enterprises can turn the CLI off by policy, and Business and Enterprise seats can't use Copilot Free.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Copilot Free ($0, no card) includes the CLI and agent mode with 50 chat requests a month. Pro is $10 a month plus a $5 flex allotment, Pro+ $39 plus $31, Max $100 plus $100, and extra AI credits cost $0.01 each. Business and Enterprise prices aren't on the plans page. Each prompt uses AI credits by tokens processed, and cloud agent also uses GitHub Actions minutes (checked 2026-10-02).", "priceSummary": "$0.01 / credit", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the plans page or the changelog (checked 2026-10-02).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 11000, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-02" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/about-copilot-cli", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.github.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "closed-source", "mcp", "llms-txt", "free-tier", "no-card", "hosted", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.9, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 286, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 40, "reliability": 55, "schema": 72, "security": 60, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-22. 1.0.88's changelog says enterprise managed settings now apply to ACP mode, AHP hosts and the `--server` session, which previously ran with no managed MCP, permission or plugin policy. An enforcement gap for organisations that relied on managed settings, fixed and disclosed only in the changelog, with no advisory (https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/blob/main/changelog.md). -2", "2026-05-11. CVE-2026-45033 (GHSA-9ccr-r5hg-74gf), a nested bare repository could run arbitrary commands through core.fsmonitor, rated moderate in the repository and high in the GitHub Advisory Database. Fixed and published, inside six months (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9ccr-r5hg-74gf). -2", "2026-03-06. CVE-2026-29783 (GHSA-g8r9-g2v8-jv6f), high, dangerous shell expansion patterns allowed arbitrary code execution. Fixed and published, older than six months (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8r9-g2v8-jv6f). -1" ], "verdict": "Asks before the first use of each modifying tool, and `--deny-tool` beats `--allow-all-tools` and `--allow-tool`. Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026.", "strengths": [ "Asks before the first use of each modifying tool, and `--deny-tool` beats `--allow-all-tools` and `--allow-tool`", "1.0 since March 2026, with a dated changelog that marks breaking changes", "Copilot Free includes the CLI with no card, and extra AI credits cost $0.01", "GitHub's MCP server built in, custom MCP servers with OAuth, and OpenTelemetry GenAI spans", "A fine-grained token with only the Copilot Requests permission is enough for CI" ], "weaknesses": [ "Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026", "The sandbox is an opt-in public preview", "The CLI can't enforce organisation MCP policies, and ACP and `--server` sessions skipped managed settings until 1.0.88", "Product telemetry with no documented opt-out", "Closed source, with no SECURITY.md in the repository" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pass `--deny-tool` for anything destructive. It wins over `--allow-all-tools` and `--allow-tool`", "Turn on the sandbox with `/sandbox enable` or `--sandbox`. It's off unless you opt in", "Turn off model training in Copilot settings on Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max. It's on by default since 24 April 2026", "Run 1.0.88 or later where enterprise policy matters. 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Both do agent harness. The largest gap is schema \u0026 documentation, 21 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-github-copilot-cli", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-github-copilot-cli.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-github-copilot-cli.min.md" }, "markdown": "Gemini CLI has a score of 72.3 (BB) against GitHub Copilot CLI's 57.9 (C). Both do agent harness. The largest gap is schema \u0026 documentation, 21 points.\n\n- Gemini CLI: grade BB, 72.3/100, rank #72 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gemini-cli.json\n- GitHub Copilot CLI: grade C, 57.9/100, rank #286 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/github-copilot-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/github-copilot-cli.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Gemini CLI for reliability (+16), schema \u0026 documentation (+21), agent ergonomics (+6), security \u0026 auth (+7), maintenance \u0026 community (+11), transparency \u0026 trust (+18).\n\nPick GitHub Copilot CLI for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Gemini CLI | GitHub Copilot CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 71 | 55 | Gemini CLI +16 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 93 | 72 | Gemini CLI +21 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 72 | Gemini CLI +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 67 | 60 | Gemini CLI +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 88 | 77 | Gemini CLI +11 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 90 | 72 | Gemini CLI +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **72.3 · BB** | **57.9 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Gemini CLI | GitHub Copilot CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Google | GitHub |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary, under the licence in the repository's `LICENSE.md`. Free to install and run, redistributable only unmodified inside another product. The repository holds the README, changelog and install script, not the source |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Popularity | 107k stars | 11k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Gemini CLI.** Apache-2.0, CI passing on main, and 583 open issues with priority labels. Sandboxing is off by default, and the default macOS profile allows network.\n\n**GitHub Copilot CLI.** Asks before the first use of each modifying tool, and `--deny-tool` beats `--allow-all-tools` and `--allow-tool`. Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\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. Read the exit code. 42 is bad input and 53 is the turn limit\n5. Use `--output-format stream-json` to get tool calls and results as JSONL events\n\n### GitHub Copilot CLI\n\n1. Pass `--deny-tool` for anything destructive. It wins over `--allow-all-tools` and `--allow-tool`\n2. Turn on the sandbox with `/sandbox enable` or `--sandbox`. It's off unless you opt in\n3. Turn off model training in Copilot settings on Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max. It's on by default since 24 April 2026\n4. 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