Cline CLI vs Gemini CLI

Feature	Cline CLI	Gemini CLI

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent right in your terminal	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal
Website	https://cline.bot	https://geminicli.com
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	October 2, 2025	June 24, 2025
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	June 29, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	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	VS Code, JetBrains, Zed, Neovim, Emacs	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 (up to 1M)	1M tokens
Terminal Bench		#15 · 65.8% ±2.7 (Terminal-Bench 2.1) ²
Supported Models	AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, DeepSeek, Meta, Azure, Cerebras, 30+ providers	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT Claude Code	—
Pricing Model	Freemium	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $20/mo per user	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/cline/cline	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
Development State	active	active