Gemini CLI vs. OpenHands CLI

Feature	Gemini CLI	OpenHands CLI
Tagline	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent
Website	https://geminicli.com	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Language	typescript	python
Release Date	June 24, 2025	October 18, 2025
Last Updated	May 20, 2026	May 14, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code	Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	1M tokens	Model dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0	#64 · 47.4% ±3.0 1	#58 · 51.9% ±2.9 2
Supported Models	Gemini 2.5 Pro/Flash, Gemini 3 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.
Pricing Model	Free	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (1,000 req/day)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Development State	active	active

¹ Gemini CLI tested with Gemini 3 Flash on Terminal Bench v2.0.

² OpenHands CLI tested with Claude Opus 4.5 on Terminal Bench v2.0.