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Google launches Gemini CLI: open source, 1,000 free requests/day

Apache-2.0 licensed and free with a personal Google account at limits nobody else matches, Gemini CLI makes the terminal agent a commodity overnight. The generosity is strategic — and, as 2026 will show, not permanent.

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