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On June 25, 2025, Google dropped a nuclear bomb on the AI coding assistants market. While programmers threw $ 20-200 per month on Claude Code, Github Copilot and other AI tools, Google has just released Gemini Cli-Assistant AI based on the terminal, which fits (and often beats) these expensive tools for a revolutionary price of 0 USD.
The programmers' community is absolutely crazy. One engineer wrote on Twitter: “I literally just convinced my manager to approve Claude's plan worth 200 USD last week.” Another said: “It changes everything for independent programmers.”
These are not typos – Google seriously distributes 60 demands per minute and 1000 daily demands for free. While competitors charge hundreds for similar limits, Gemini Cli provides access to a corporate class with zero credit card requirements.
Over the next 10 minutes you will have this power of AI in the terminal, ready to check the code, debug the problems, generate documentation and support complex multi -story refactorization projects. At the end of this guide, you will understand why thousands of programmers already cancel paid AI subscriptions.
Preliminary requirements: system preparation
Good news: You probably already have everything you need.
Requirements:
Node.js 18+ (check with the node -version) access to terminals (any command poem)
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