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| Tool |  Gemini CLI | |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
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| Category | AI Coding | — |
| Description | AI-native code editor built on VS Code with deep codebase indexing and a credit-based pricing model. Reached 1M+ monthly active users in 2025 and added a Marketplace for extensions and JetBrains plugin support. The Composer agent can apply multi-file edits with a single instruction, making it the most popular dedicated AI IDE among developers surveyed in Stack Overflow 2025. | Command-line interface for Gemini with dramatically better free limits than the API: 60 RPM and 1,000 requests/day with Gemini 3 support. |
| Codebase indexing for whole-repository context in completions | Supported | Not supported |
| Composer: multi-file AI edit agent with diff review before applying | Supported | Not supported |
| Chat mode with @ references for files, docs, symbols, and web | Supported | Not supported |
| Credit-based pricing with premium models (Claude 4.6, GPT-4o, o3) | Supported | Not supported |
| Cursor Marketplace for extensions and community tools | Supported | Not supported |
| JetBrains plugin (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm) as of 2025 | Supported | Not supported |
| Shadow workspace: preview AI changes before applying to active files | Supported | Not supported |
| Notepads for reusable context templates across sessions | Supported | Not supported |
| 60 requests/minute (12x better than API) | Not supported | Supported |
| 1,000 requests/day | Not supported | Supported |
| 1 million token context window | Not supported | Supported |
| Gemini 3 Pro and Flash access | Not supported | Supported |
| OAuth authentication - no API key needed | Not supported | Supported |
| Interactive chat mode | Not supported | Supported |
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| Website | Visit | Visit |
