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https://github.com/reugn/gemini-cli

A command-line interface (CLI) for Google Gemini
https://github.com/reugn/gemini-cli

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A command-line interface (CLI) for Google Gemini

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# gemini-cli
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A command-line interface (CLI) for [Google Gemini](https://deepmind.google/technologies/gemini/).

Google Gemini is a family of multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) large language models that have
capabilities in language, audio, code and video understanding.

The current version only supports multi-turn conversations (chat), using the `gemini-pro` model.

## Installation
Choose a binary from the [releases](https://github.com/reugn/gemini-cli/releases).

### Build from Source
Download and [install Go](https://golang.org/doc/install).

Install the application:

```sh
go install github.com/reugn/gemini-cli/cmd/gemini@latest
```

See the [go install](https://go.dev/ref/mod#go-install) instructions for more information about the command.

## Usage

### API key
To use `gemini-cli`, you'll need an API key set in the `GEMINI_API_KEY` environment variable.
If you don't already have one, create a key in [Google AI Studio](https://makersuite.google.com/app/apikey).

> [!NOTE]
> For information on the available regions for the Gemini API and Google AI Studio, see [here](https://ai.google.dev/available_regions#available_regions).

### System commands
The system chat message must begin with an exclamation mark and is used for internal operations.
A short list of supported system commands:

| Command | Description
| --- | ---
| !q | Quit the application
| !p | Delete the history used as chat context by the model
| !m | Toggle input mode (single-line <-> multi-line)

### CLI help
```console
$ ./gemini -h
Gemini CLI Tool

Usage:
[flags]

Flags:
-f, --format render markdown-formatted response (default true)
-h, --help help for this command
-m, --multiline read input as a multi-line string
-s, --style string markdown format style (ascii, dark, light, pink, notty, dracula) (default "auto")
-t, --term string multi-line input terminator (default "$")
-v, --version version for this command
```

## License
MIT