Blackbox AI CLI vs Gemini CLI

Feature	Blackbox AI CLI	Gemini CLI

Tagline	Feature-rich AI coding agent in your terminal	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal
Website	https://www.blackbox.ai/cli	https://geminicli.com
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	September 20, 2025	June 24, 2025
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	June 29, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	Yes
IDE Integration	35+ IDE integrations including VS Code, JetBrains	Antigravity, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs (ACP), Zed (ACP)
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	1M tokens
Terminal Bench		#15 · 65.8% ±2.7 (Terminal-Bench 2.1) ²
Supported Models	400+ models including Opus, GPT, Gemini, Qwen, GLM, Grok, Minimax (free), Mimo, Llama, Kimi, Mistral, DeepSeek	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro
Pricing Model	Freemium	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10-40/mo	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (GPL-3.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/blackboxaicode/cli	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
Development State	active	active