Codewhale vs. Gemini CLI

Feature	Codewhale	Gemini CLI

Tagline	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal
Website	https://codewhale.net/	https://geminicli.com
Language	rust	typescript
Release Date	January 19, 2026	June 24, 2025
Last Updated	September 4, 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	Editors via ACP (registry submission pending)	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 2.0		#42 · 61.4% ±4.1 ²
Supported Models	30+ providers: DeepSeek, Claude, GPT, Kimi, GLM, Qwen, Grok, Mistral, Xiaomi MiMo, Alibaba Model Studio, SiliconFlow, OpenCode Zen, Hugging Face; local via vLLM, SGLang, Ollama	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT SuperGrok	—
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
Development State	active	active