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Gemini CLI

Gemini CLI brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal

The Gemini CLI team maintains the Gemini CLI OSS project in order to deliver a high-quality, state-of-the-art agent to a large, global user base. Maintainers manage a set of public and internal (Google) backlog goals, open source community contributions, and build/release infrastructure.

typescript
GenAI
MCP
Software Agent
A2A

developer tools
GenAI

Project ideas

8 ideas on its 2026 ideas page.

Code Understanding & Generation
Automation & Integration
Option 1: Sign in with Google (OAuth login using your Google Account)
Option 2: Gemini API Key
Option 3: Vertex AI
Tools & Extensions
Troubleshooting & Support
Using MCP Servers

Read the ideas page. Ideas are for scope reference; never copy one into a proposal.

History

In GSoC since 2026, 1 year. Projects per year: '26: 2.

On GitHub

25 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: Python (8), TypeScript (6), Jupyter Notebook (4), Go (3), JavaScript (2), CSS (1).

Links and channels

Website: https://geminicli.com
Ideas page: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iaMZliqwUn-ACyZAbgzdXmDiQZ7l5gp8UQIIY2BnPO8/edit?usp=sharing
Contributor guide: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
Source code: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/
Email: gemini-cli-soc-2026@google.com

go deeper in your terminal

git-into-gsoc org "Gemini CLI" --shortlist
git-into-gsoc repos "Gemini CLI"
git-into-gsoc issues --org "Gemini CLI"

or ask your assistant:
"Which Gemini CLI repositories merge
newcomers' pull requests, and which beginner
issues are still free?"

Those commands read live data: which repositories merge outside pull requests, and which beginner issues nobody has claimed. Install in two minutes.