{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "gemini-cli", "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 } ], "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", "version": "v0.64.0", "released": "2026-10-13", "seenAt": "2026-10-18T02:48:27.714115814Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@google/gemini-cli", "version": "0.64.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-18T02:48:27.488170794Z" } ], "githubStars": 107430, "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", "fingerprint": "5c52aa00c74e" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T23:31:13.793589659Z" } }, "answer": "Gemini CLI scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "mini-swe-agent", "name": "mini-swe-agent", "vendor": "SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford)", "vendorUrl": "https://mini-swe-agent.com", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Minimal open-source coding agent from the Princeton and Stanford team behind SWE-bench, shipped as the `mini` CLI and a Python library. It gives the model one bash tool, works with any model through LiteLLM, and is a common SWE-bench baseline.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mini-swe-agent.json", "repo": "https://github.com/SWE-agent/mini-swe-agent", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mini-swe-agent" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account of its own. A model key goes in an environment variable or the global `.env` file that `mini-extra config setup` writes, and is passed to the provider through LiteLLM, OpenRouter, Portkey or Requesty. Local models work through LiteLLM's `api_base`.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT, with nothing to buy. The owner pays the model provider, or nothing with a local model. Each run stops at a $3 cost limit by default, and a local model needs `MSWEA_COST_TRACKING=ignore_errors`.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-18).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 8600, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 4437981, "asOf": "2026-10-18" }, "docsUrl": "https://mini-swe-agent.com/latest/", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness" ], "tags": [ "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "open-source", "python", "free", "no-card", "local", "docker" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 56.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 698, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1146, "categoryRank": 25, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 60, "reliability": 70, "schema": 58, "security": 56, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-18" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-10. CVE-2026-108592 (CVSS 4.0 score 6.0, from VulnCheck). The bubblewrap environment builds its `bwrap` command without `--clearenv` or `--unshare-net`, so commands inherit the host environment, model keys included, and can send them out over the network after a prompt injection in task content. Confirmed in src/minisweagent/environments/extra/bubblewrap.py at 2.4.6 and on main (3 September). The environment is opt-in and marked experimental, but it's the documented lightweight sandbox and no release fixes it, -4. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108592" ], "verdict": "A small, readable harness with one bash tool, a linear trajectory saved as JSON, and step, cost and wall-time limits that stop unattended runs cleanly. The default local environment has no isolation, the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passes host API keys through (CVE-2026-108592, unfixed), and the only release in 90 days was 2.4.6 on 23 July 2026.", "bestFor": "Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness.", "strengths": [ "MIT, with an agent class of about 190 lines that a reviewer can read in one sitting", "Step, cost ($3 by default) and wall-time limits, each ending the run with its own exit status in the trajectory", "Any model through LiteLLM, OpenRouter, Portkey or Requesty, local ones included, with no account", "Docker, Podman and Singularity environments, where the Docker one forwards no host variables unless listed", "No telemetry found in the source" ], "weaknesses": [ "The default local environment runs commands on the host with no isolation and the full host environment", "CVE-2026-108592, published 10 October 2026, leaves the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passing host API keys and network through, unfixed in 2.4.6", "One release in the 90 days to 18 October 2026, and three commits on main since 23 July", "No MCP client, no ACP and no server mode", "No changelog file, and the PyPI classifier still says 3 - Alpha at 2.4.6" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run with `-y --exit-immediately` for unattended use. Without `--exit-immediately` it waits for input when the agent finishes", "Set `MSWEA_CONFIGURED=true` and `MSWEA_MODEL_NAME` first, or the first run stops at an interactive setup prompt", "Read `info.exit_status` in the `-o` trajectory file. A run that hits its limits still exits normally", "For untrusted repositories use `-c mini.yaml -c environment.environment_class=docker -c environment.image=\u003cimage\u003e`. The local and bubblewrap environments both expose host variables", "Strip model keys from the environment commands see, since the local environment passes every host variable to each command" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 56.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 60, "reliability": 70, "schema": 58, "security": 56, "transparency": 62 }, "provenanceScore": 40 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install mini-swe-agent # or: uvx mini-swe-agent", "headless": { "command": "mini -t \"$TASK\" -y --exit-immediately -m \u003cprovider/model\u003e -l 3 -o run.traj.json", "env": { "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e", "MSWEA_CONFIGURED": "true" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mini-swe-agent" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "No legal entity named. The MIT licence names Kilian A. Lieret and Carlos E. Jimenez", "domain": "mini-swe-agent.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-18", "notes": [ "The docs site is GitHub Pages built from the repository. It has no terms, privacy policy or security.txt (/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 18 October 2026).", "The security page names four contacts at Princeton and Stanford by email, with no response time.", "The repository has no changelog file and tags carry only a version bump. Release notes, if any, are on GitHub releases, which we couldn't read because GitHub's web pages refused this run." ], "score": 40 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Google", "b": "SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-06", "b": "2026-07-23", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "107k stars", "b": "8.6k stars, 4.4M PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "3/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Gemini CLI scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Gemini CLI or mini-swe-agent?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Gemini CLI is open source (Apache-2.0). mini-swe-agent is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are Gemini CLI and mini-swe-agent open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 93 against 58", "Agent ergonomics, 78 against 69", "Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 56", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 88 against 49", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 89 against 51" ], "also": [ "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "gemini-cli", "watchFor": "Sandboxing is off by default, and the default macOS profile allows network" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness.", "slug": "mini-swe-agent", "watchFor": "The default local environment runs commands on the host with no isolation and the full host environment" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.harness", "name": "Agent harnesses" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-gemini-cli.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Gemini CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-gemini-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-gemini-cli.json", "title": "Aider vs Gemini CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-gemini-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", 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CLI vs Gemini CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-gemini-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Auggie CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-gemini-cli.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Gemini CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-gemini-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Claude Code vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-gemini-cli.json", "title": "Cline vs Gemini CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-gemini-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Cline vs mini-swe-agent", 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-harness-autonomous.json", "title": "Gemini CLI vs Harness", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-harness-autonomous" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "Gemini CLI vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Gemini CLI vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-parallax-agents" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 1, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 71, "key": "reliability", "mini-swe-agent": 70, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 35, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 93, "key": "schema", "mini-swe-agent": 58, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 78, "key": "ergonomics", "mini-swe-agent": 69, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 67, "key": "security", "mini-swe-agent": 56, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 40, "edge": "mini-swe-agent", "gemini-cli": 20, "key": "payments", "mini-swe-agent": 60, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 39, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 88, "key": "maintenance", "mini-swe-agent": 49, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 38, "edge": "gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": 89, "key": "transparency", "mini-swe-agent": 51, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Gemini CLI scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do agent harnesses.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "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.", "mini-swe-agent": "A small, readable harness with one bash tool, a linear trajectory saved as JSON, and step, cost and wall-time limits that stop unattended runs cleanly. The default local environment has no isolation, the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passes host API keys through (CVE-2026-108592, unfixed), and the only release in 90 days was 2.4.6 on 23 July 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.min.md" }, "markdown": "Gemini CLI scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Gemini CLI: grade B, 66.7/100, rank #307 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gemini-cli.json\n- mini-swe-agent: grade C, 56.7/100, rank #698 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mini-swe-agent.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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 93 against 58\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 69\n- Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 56\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 88 against 49\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 89 against 51\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Sandboxing is off by default, and the default macOS profile allows network\n\n### mini-swe-agent (C)\n\nGood for: Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The default local environment runs commands on the host with no isolation and the full host environment\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Gemini CLI | mini-swe-agent | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 71 | 70 | Gemini CLI +1 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 93 | 58 | Gemini CLI +35 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 69 | Gemini CLI +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 67 | 56 | Gemini CLI +11 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 60 | mini-swe-agent +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 88 | 49 | Gemini CLI +39 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 89 | 51 | Gemini CLI +38 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.7 · B** | **56.7 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Gemini CLI | mini-swe-agent |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Google | SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-07-23 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | |\n| Popularity | 107k stars | 8.6k stars, 4.4M PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (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**mini-swe-agent.** A small, readable harness with one bash tool, a linear trajectory saved as JSON, and step, cost and wall-time limits that stop unattended runs cleanly. The default local environment has no isolation, the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passes host API keys through (CVE-2026-108592, unfixed), and the only release in 90 days was 2.4.6 on 23 July 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### mini-swe-agent\n\n1. Run with `-y --exit-immediately` for unattended use. Without `--exit-immediately` it waits for input when the agent finishes\n2. Set `MSWEA_CONFIGURED=true` and `MSWEA_MODEL_NAME` first, or the first run stops at an interactive setup prompt\n3. Read `info.exit_status` in the `-o` trajectory file. A run that hits its limits still exits normally\n4. For untrusted repositories use `-c mini.yaml -c environment.environment_class=docker -c environment.image=\u003cimage\u003e`. The local and bubblewrap environments both expose host variables\n5. Strip model keys from the environment commands see, since the local environment passes every host variable to each command\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Gemini CLI or mini-swe-agent?\n\nGemini CLI scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Are Gemini CLI and mini-swe-agent open source?\n\nYes. Gemini CLI is open source (Apache-2.0). mini-swe-agent is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"gemini-cli\", \"b\": \"mini-swe-agent\"}`. 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