Gemini CLI vs. Jules CLI

Feature	Gemini CLI	Jules CLI

Tagline	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal	Google's async coding agent in your terminal
Website	https://geminicli.com	https://jules.google
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	June 24, 2025	May 20, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	April 28, 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	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	No
Context Window	1M tokens	1M tokens
Terminal Bench 2.0	#42 · 61.4% ±4.1 ¹
Supported Models	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro	Gemini models only
Pricing Model	Free	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (1,000 req/day)	Free (15 tasks/day) / $20-125/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli	N/A
Development State	active	active