June 25, 2025:
Google Launches Open-Source Gemini CLI for Coders - Google launches Gemini CLI, an open-source AI tool that incorporates its Gemini AI models into terminal workflows. Targeted at coding, it improves codebase interaction through natural language, competing with OpenAI's Codex CLI and Anthropic's Claude Code. Additionally, it handles tasks like video creation and research report generation.
Released under the Apache 2.0 license, Gemini CLI encourages developer contributions on GitHub. Despite its rising popularity, AI coding tools encounter trust issues, with only 43% of developers fully trusting their accuracy according to a 2024 survey.
