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      "name": "Gemini CLI",
      "vendor": "Google",
      "vendorUrl": "https://geminicli.com",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Google's open-source coding agent for the terminal, in TypeScript on Node 20 or newer.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-cli",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-cli.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-cli.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gemini-cli.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli",
      "license": "Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@google/gemini-cli"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Google sign-in works only with a Gemini Code Assist Standard or Enterprise licence. Google AI Pro, Google AI Ultra and the free Code Assist for individuals tier stopped working with Gemini CLI on 18 June 2026. Otherwise use a paid Gemini API key from AI Studio, or Vertex AI credentials. Google's terms forbid using the Gemini CLI sign-in from third-party software.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Free to install (Apache-2.0). Model access is paid. Use a paid Gemini API key or Vertex AI at token rates, or an existing Code Assist Standard or Enterprise licence. New Standard and Enterprise subscriptions ended on 9 October 2026. Token prices are public without a login, and requests are limited per minute (checked 2026-10-10). The free 1,000 requests a day tier ended on 18 June 2026, and whether an unpaid key still gets 250 Flash requests a day is unclear.",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
      "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",
        "gemini-only",
        "sign-in-ended",
        "paid-api-key"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-06",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 66.7,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 307,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 8,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 78,
          "maintenance": 88,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 71,
          "schema": 93,
          "security": 67,
          "transparency": 89
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-10"
        },
        "negative": -5,
        "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)",
          "2026-06-18. Google sign-in for individuals ended on 18 June 2026. The README at main (9 October 2026) and the authentication page (checked 10 October 2026) still describe a free tier of 1,000 requests a day with a Google account, so the claim is misleading and the deduction is -3 (https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/main/README.md; https://geminicli.com/docs/get-started/authentication/; https://developers.google.com/gemini-code-assist/docs/deprecations/code-assist-individuals)"
        ],
        "verdict": "Apache-2.0, with 16 stable releases since 3 July and documented headless output. Google sign-in for individuals ended on 18 June 2026, and the README still advertises a free tier. Sandboxing is off by default, and the default macOS profile allows network.",
        "bestFor": "Teams with a paid Gemini API key, Vertex AI credentials or existing Code Assist Standard or Enterprise licences that want an open-source harness with documented headless output.",
        "strengths": [
          "Apache-2.0 licence, CI passing on main, and 583 open issues with priority labels (as of 2 October 2026)",
          "A stable release every Tuesday 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",
          "Pay-per-token access through a Gemini API key or Vertex AI, with token prices published without a login"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Sandboxing is off by default, and the default macOS profile allows network",
          "Google sign-in for individuals ended on 18 June 2026, but the README and authentication page still advertise a free tier of 1,000 requests a day",
          "A critical advisory in April 2026 (CVSS 10) for CI runs that trusted untrusted repositories",
          "Usage statistics on by default, with one setting to turn them off",
          "Pre-1.0 at 0.63.0, and Gemini models only"
        ],
        "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",
          "Since 0.63.0, plans run without interactive confirmation in non-interactive mode, so set the approval mode explicitly before a headless run",
          "Authenticate with a paid Gemini API key or Vertex credentials. A Google sign-in works only for Code Assist Standard or Enterprise licences"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 66.7
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 78,
          "maintenance": 88,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 71,
          "schema": 93,
          "security": 67,
          "transparency": 85
        },
        "provenanceScore": 93
      },
      "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",
        "gemini-live",
        "google-adk",
        "google-secret-manager",
        "google-cloud-document-ai",
        "google-weather-api",
        "chrome-devtools-mcp",
        "google-maps-platform",
        "google-cloud-translation",
        "google-calendar-api",
        "firebase-cloud-messaging",
        "google-drive-api",
        "gemini-enterprise",
        "google-search-console",
        "google-ads-api",
        "google-forms",
        "google-sheets-api",
        "gmail-api",
        "google-people-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. We found no status page for Gemini Code Assist sign-ins.",
          "Legal entity, domain date and security.txt for google.com are from the gemini-api listing's check of 26 September 2026."
        ],
        "score": 93
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-cli.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "gemini-cli",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://aistudio.google.com/status",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T21:49:53.992563495Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "google-gemini/gemini-cli",
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            "released": "2026-10-13",
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          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@google/gemini-cli",
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        "npmWeekly": 236461,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://google.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2030-04-01T00:00:00z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T15:53:57.679955081Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://geminicli.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T14:25:05.894557385Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "google.com",
          "registered": "1997-09-15",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/google.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:31:32.666265227Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://geminicli.com/docs/changelogs",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:31:11.761435497Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-16T22:24:43.917434922Z",
            "fingerprint": "24695165e4c4"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://developers.google.com/gemini-code-assist/docs/deprecations/code-assist-individuals",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:26:56.936804766Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "190698b01c9e"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/deprecations/features",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:28:07.985389586Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-17T23:00:36.755457202Z",
            "fingerprint": "aeb7fbfb42ee"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://geminicli.com/docs/resources/tos-privacy",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:31:13.793589659Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-16T22:24:46.06478046Z",
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        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T23:31:13.793589659Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Gemini CLI scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Jules leads on payments \u0026 pricing.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "jules",
      "name": "Jules",
      "vendor": "Google LLC",
      "vendorUrl": "https://jules.google",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Jules is Google's asynchronous coding agent, which clones a GitHub repository into a cloud virtual machine, plans, edits and opens pull requests. Outside agents drive it through an alpha REST API, a TypeScript SDK, an MCP package and a CLI.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/jules.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/google-labs-code/jules-sdk",
      "license": "Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@google/jules"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@google/jules-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@google/jules-mcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "The REST API takes an API key in the `X-Goog-Api-Key` header. Keys are created by a person in Settings in the Jules web app, at most three at a time, shown once and revocable there, and publicly exposed keys are disabled automatically. Keys carry no scopes. The discovery document also lists Google OAuth with the broad cloud-platform scope. The Jules Tools CLI signs in with a Google account in the browser (`jules login`). Repository sources need the Jules GitHub app installed through the web app.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 15 tasks a day and 3 concurrent tasks. Jules in Pro (100 a day, 15 concurrent) and Jules in Ultra (300 a day, 60 concurrent) come with the Google AI Pro and Ultra plans, and the Google AI plans page lists AI Plus with expanded Jules limits (jules.google/docs/usage-limits and one.google.com/about/google-ai-plans, checked 2026-10-18). Paid plans are for personal @gmail.com accounts, with an interest form for business users. The plan prices render per locale and weren't read. No per-task or per-call price.",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Jules docs, the API reference, the discovery document or the plans pages (checked 2026-10-18).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 8,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 1269,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-18"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://jules.google/docs/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://jules.google/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://jules.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1alpha",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "cloud-agent",
        "closed-source",
        "api-key",
        "alpha",
        "llms-txt",
        "mcp",
        "no-status-page",
        "stale-release",
        "freemium"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-03-09",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 44.5,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 1000,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 35,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 64,
          "maintenance": 18,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 13,
          "schema": 76,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 44
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-18"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "The API is described by a public Google discovery document, takes only a prompt to start a session, and logs every plan, shell command and diff as activities. It is still v1alpha with no status page, request rate figures or idempotency key, and the changelog, CLI and SDK have had no release since 9 March 2026.",
        "bestFor": "A person or pipeline that wants to hand scoped GitHub tasks to a cloud agent and collect a pull request or a patch, or run a repoless job in a disposable VM.",
        "strengths": [
          "Public discovery document for jules.googleapis.com v1alpha with 13 methods, typed schemas, enums and required fields, revision 20261015",
          "Only `prompt` is required to create a session. A session without `sourceContext` runs repoless in a fresh cloud VM",
          "Activities record plans, messages, bash commands with exit codes and git patches, and can be filtered by `create_time` to fetch only new events",
          "Four ways in for an outside agent, the REST API, the Apache-2.0 TypeScript SDK, an 8-tool stdio MCP server and the Jules Tools CLI",
          "Free plan of 15 tasks a day and 3 concurrent tasks with a Google account, and docs served as Markdown with an llms.txt index"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The REST API has been v1alpha since 3 October 2025 and the docs say specifications and API keys may change",
          "Newest changelog entry is 9 March 2026, the CLI's last npm release 0.1.42 was on 16 December 2025, and the SDK and MCP packages last published 0.2.0 on 9 March 2026",
          "No status page, no request rate figures, no Retry-After guidance and no idempotency key on session creation were found",
          "API sessions auto-approve their plans unless `requirePlanApproval` is true, and the MCP server defaults to an automated run that opens a pull request",
          "A person must sign in with Google, install the Jules GitHub app and create the key in the web app. Keys carry no scopes"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `requirePlanApproval: true` on sessions that touch shared branches, then call `:approvePlan` yourself. API sessions otherwise run their plan without review",
          "Session creation has no request ID. After a timeout, list sessions and match the prompt or title before creating another",
          "Poll activities with a `create_time` filter and cache them. Activities never change once written",
          "Read the request fields from the discovery document at https://jules.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1alpha. The field tables on jules.google render empty",
          "Budget against the daily task quota of 15, 100 or 300 by plan. New sessions are refused until the rolling 24 hours reset"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 2.8,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "E",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 44.5
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 64,
          "maintenance": 18,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 13,
          "schema": 76,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 25
        },
        "provenanceScore": 62
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install -g @google/jules   # Jules Tools CLI, then: jules login",
        "http": "curl 'https://jules.googleapis.com/v1alpha/sessions' -X POST -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"x-goog-api-key: $JULES_API_KEY\" -d '{\"prompt\": \"Add a test for parseQueryString in utils.js\", \"sourceContext\": {\"source\": \"sources/github/OWNER/REPO\", \"githubRepoContext\": {\"startingBranch\": \"main\"}}, \"requirePlanApproval\": true}'",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "jules": {
              "args": [
                "@google/jules-mcp"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "JULES_API_KEY": "\u003capi-key\u003e"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "headless": {
          "run": "jules remote new --repo . --session \"write unit tests\""
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/jules"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Google LLC",
        "domain": "jules.google",
        "domainRegistered": "2025-01-16",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://policies.google.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://policies.google.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://jules.google/docs/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-18",
        "notes": [
          "The jules.google footer links the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Jules privacy notice at jules.google.com/legal answered 'Jules is not yet available in your region' to our request and wasn't read.",
          "jules.google returns 404 for /.well-known/security.txt. www.google.com has a valid security.txt (expires 2030-04-01) pointing to g.co/vulnz and the Google VRP.",
          "The API answers at jules.googleapis.com, Google's API domain. RDAP for jules.google gives a registration date of 2025-01-16.",
          "No status page for Jules was found."
        ],
        "score": 62
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "jules",
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://jules.google/docs/changelog/",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:32:10.654949702Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          }
        ],
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      }
    },
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      {
        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Google",
        "b": "Google LLC",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "HTTP, stdio",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Pay per use",
        "b": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Apache-2.0",
        "b": "Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "8",
        "name": "Tools exposed"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-10-06",
        "b": "2026-03-09",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "2026-07-30",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-10-01",
        "b": "2026-10-01",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/jules.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 713 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Gemini CLI (B)\n\nGood for: Teams with a paid Gemini API key, Vertex AI credentials or existing Code Assist Standard or Enterprise licences that want an open-source harness with documented headless output.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 71 against 13\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 93 against 76\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 64\n- Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 57\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 88 against 18\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 89 against 44\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.8 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Sandboxing is off by default, and the default macOS profile allows network\n\n### Jules (E)\n\nGood for: A person or pipeline that wants to hand scoped GitHub tasks to a cloud agent and collect a pull request or a patch, or run a repoless job in a disposable VM.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- No incidents deducted, where Gemini CLI loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: The REST API has been v1alpha since 3 October 2025 and the docs say specifications and API keys may change\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Gemini CLI | Jules | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 71 | 13 | Gemini CLI +58 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 93 | 76 | Gemini CLI +17 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 64 | Gemini CLI +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 67 | 57 | Gemini CLI +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Jules +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 88 | 18 | Gemini CLI +70 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 89 | 44 | Gemini CLI +45 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.7 · B** | **44.5 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Gemini CLI | Jules |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Google | Google LLC |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed |\n| Tools exposed | none | 8 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-03-09 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-07-30 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 107k stars | 1.3k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 2.8/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Gemini CLI.** Apache-2.0, with 16 stable releases since 3 July and documented headless output. Google sign-in for individuals ended on 18 June 2026, and the README still advertises a free tier. Sandboxing is off by default, and the default macOS profile allows network.\n\n**Jules.** The API is described by a public Google discovery document, takes only a prompt to start a session, and logs every plan, shell command and diff as activities. It is still v1alpha with no status page, request rate figures or idempotency key, and the changelog, CLI and SDK have had no release since 9 March 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. 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### Jules\n\n1. Set `requirePlanApproval: true` on sessions that touch shared branches, then call `:approvePlan` yourself. API sessions otherwise run their plan without review\n2. Session creation has no request ID. After a timeout, list sessions and match the prompt or title before creating another\n3. Poll activities with a `create_time` filter and cache them. Activities never change once written\n4. Read the request fields from the discovery document at https://jules.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1alpha. The field tables on jules.google render empty\n5. Budget against the daily task quota of 15, 100 or 300 by plan. New sessions are refused until the rolling 24 hours reset\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Gemini CLI or Jules?\n\nGemini CLI scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Jules leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Are Gemini CLI and Jules open source?\n\nGemini CLI is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Jules.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-jules.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-jules.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"gemini-cli\", \"b\": \"jules\"}`. 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