Gemini CLI vs. Standard Code

Feature	Gemini CLI	Standard Code

Tagline	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal	Cloud-hosted agent loop with local file and shell execution via a terminal CLI
Website	https://geminicli.com	https://standardcode.ai
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	June 24, 2025	June 25, 2026
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	September 4, 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	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	Antigravity, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs (ACP), Zed (ACP)	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	1M tokens
Terminal Bench 2.0	#42 · 61.4% ±4.1 ¹
Supported Models	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro	Unlimited One (undisclosed open-weight models), Sama One (OpenAI via ChatGPT subscription)
Supported Subscriptions	—	ChatGPT
Pricing Model	Free	Subscription, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (1,000 req/day)	$49/mo per line ($5 first week)
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