ForgeCode vs. Gemini CLI

Feature	ForgeCode	Gemini CLI
Tagline	A top-ranked AI enabled pair programming coding agent	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal
Website	https://forgecode.dev	https://geminicli.com
Language	rust	typescript
Release Date	January 30, 2025	June 24, 2025
Last Updated	May 14, 2026	May 20, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VSCode & (terminal-native, ZSH plugin)	VS Code
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent	1M tokens
Terminal Bench 2.0	#4 · 81.8% ±2.0 1	#64 · 47.4% ±3.0 2
Supported Models	Can use Claude & ChatGPT subscriptions with access to Opus, GPT series, supports 400+ models on Openrouter.	Gemini 2.5 Pro/Flash, Gemini 3 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro
Pricing Model	BYOK	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/antinomyhq/forgecode	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
Development State	active	active

¹ ForgeCode tested with GPT 5.4 on Terminal Bench v2.0.

² Gemini CLI tested with Gemini 3 Flash on Terminal Bench v2.0.