Gemini CLI
Google's open-source coding CLI. Free tier with Gemini 2.5 Pro. Supports tool use, file editing, shell commands. 1M token context window.
Gemini CLI is Google's free, open-source terminal coding assistant. It connects to Gemini 2.5 Pro (1M token context window - the largest of any coding tool) and supports file editing, shell command execution, and MCP tool use. The free tier is generous enough for daily use. It's the best free alternative to Claude Code. My walkthrough video got 54,000 views. The 1M context window means it can ingest entire large codebases in a single prompt - something Claude Code and Codex can't do in one shot.
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