Gemini CLI vs. Kimi Code CLI

Feature	Gemini CLI	Kimi Code CLI

Tagline	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal	Kimi Code CLI is your next intelligent CLI agent
Website	https://geminicli.com	https://kimi.com/code
Language	typescript	python
Release Date	June 24, 2025	October 21, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	1M tokens	1M (K2.5)
Terminal Bench 2.0	#42 · 61.4% ±4.1 ¹
Supported Models	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro	All the Kimi supported models including Kimi K2.5, K2, optional BYOK.
Pricing Model	Free	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (1,000 req/day)	Free / ~$19/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli	https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli
Development State	active	active