Gemini CLI vs Claude Code

Feature	Gemini CLI	Claude Code
Tagline	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal	An agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal
Website	https://geminicli.com	https://claude.ai/code
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	June 24, 2025	February 22, 2025
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	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	Antigravity, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs (ACP), Zed (ACP)	VS Code, JetBrains
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	1M tokens	1M tokens
Terminal Bench	#15 · 65.8% ±2.7 (Terminal-Bench 2.1) 1	#2 · 57.9% ±3.8 (Terminal-Bench 4.0) 2
AA Coding Agent Index	-	70% · Fable 5.1 (max, with fallback)
Supported Models	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro	Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 (Restricted Availability), Opus 4.8, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5
Supported Subscriptions	—	Claude Code
Pricing Model	Free	Subscription
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (1,000 req/day)	$17-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
Development State	active	active

¹ Gemini CLI tested with Gemini 3 Pro on Terminal-Bench 2.1.

² Claude Code tested with Fable 5.1 on Terminal-Bench 4.0.