AgentsGemini CLI & Jules
Free terminal agent plus a GitHub background agent. Google's two coding agents. Gemini CLI is an open-source agent in your terminal, and Jules is an asynchronous agent that works on your GitHub repos in the cloud and opens pull requests.
✓ Last verified October 15, 2026 from official sourcesGemini CLI is free with a Google account: up to 1,000 requests a day (Google AI Pro 1,500, Ultra 2,000). Jules allows 15 tasks a day free, 100 on Pro and 300 on Ultra. Google AI Pro is $19.99/mo.
A free, capable terminal agent. Background tasks on GitHub repos.
Cloud. Workspace and Code Assist Enterprise editions add admin controls. Skill level: Intermediate.
What it's great at
- Free daily usage
- Background PRs with Jules
What it can do
- Gemini CLI: file edits, shell commands, web search, MCP servers, plan mode, checkpoints and sandboxing
- Jules: background tasks on GitHub, scheduled and suggested tasks, with a plan you approve first
- Install Gemini CLI with: npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
Example tasks to try
- In Jules: "Upgrade our dependencies and fix anything that breaks."
Start in 5 minutes
- Install Node.js, then run npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
- Run gemini in your project and sign in with Google
- For Jules, go to jules.google and connect a GitHub repo
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Watch out for
Free limits are per day, and the free API-key tier is much lower (250 requests a day).
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