Google's open-source AI agent that runs Gemini directly in the terminal: understands and edits code, answers questions about a repository and automates tasks. Supports MCP servers and a non-interactive mode for scripts.
Useful for
- Explain an unfamiliar repository's architecture via gemini -p in the terminal
- Automate pull request queries and complex rebases in scripts
- Connect an MCP server to generate media with Imagen or Veo
Before using
- License: Apache-2.0
- Installation and requirements have not been verified; review the README before running
Why now
- Created on GitHub
- 2025-04-17 UTC
- First seen by GitNova
- 2026-10-24 UTC
- Typical day
- +29 stars · median of 28 complete days
- Magnitude
- 7.4 / 10 · growing interest
Already 11.2× a typical complete day; a spike in interest, not a quality score
Maximum over those 28 complete days: +693 on 2026-10-24; the current measurement has not exceeded it (UTC)
Measured: October 25, 2026, 12:34 UTC
Measurement details
- Created on GitHub: 2025-04-17; first seen by GitNova: 2026-10-24 (UTC)
- +324 stars measured 2026-10-25, 00:09–12:24 UTC
- Usually: +29 stars/day — median of 28 complete days 2026-09-27–2026-10-24 (UTC)
- Already 11.2× a typical complete day; a spike in interest, not a quality score
- Maximum over those 28 complete days: +693 on 2026-10-24; the current measurement has not exceeded it (UTC)
- Magnitude 7.4/10