Gemini CLI vs Nanocode

Feature	Gemini CLI	Nanocode

Tagline	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal	Minimal Claude Code alternative in ~250 lines
Website	https://geminicli.com	https://github.com/1rgs/nanocode
Language	typescript	python
Release Date	June 24, 2025	January 11, 2026
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	August 19, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	deep	none
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	Antigravity, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs (ACP), Zed (ACP)	None - Terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	1M tokens	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench	#15 · 65.8% ±2.7 (Terminal-Bench 2.1) ¹
Supported Models	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro	Claude family of models via the Anthropic API + Any model supported via OpenRouter (400+ models)
Pricing Model	Free	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (1,000 req/day)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli	https://github.com/1rgs/nanocode
Development State	active	active