Gemini CLI vs. Plandex

Feature	Gemini CLI	Plandex

Tagline	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal	Open source AI coding agent for large projects and real world tasks
Website	https://geminicli.com	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	June 24, 2025	March 14, 2024
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	June 11, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	No
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	1M tokens	2M tokens effective
Terminal Bench 2.0	#42 · 61.4% ±4.1 ¹
Supported Models	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro	Any OpenAI-compatible models and 400+ models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Free	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (1,000 req/day)	Free (self-hosted)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Development State	active	inactive