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GitHub: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli

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barbazoo ◴[25 Jun 25 14:30 UTC] No.44377774[source]▶

> To use Gemini CLI free-of-charge, simply login with a personal Google account to get a free Gemini Code Assist license. That free license gets you access to Gemini 2.5 Pro and its massive 1 million token context window. To ensure you rarely, if ever, hit a limit during this preview, we offer the industry’s largest allowance: 60 model requests per minute and 1,000 requests per day at no charge.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. What’s the catch? How/why is this free?

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1. raincole ◴[25 Jun 25 14:34 UTC] No.44377809[source]▶

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Because Google is rich and they'd like to get you hooked. Just like how ChatGPT has a free tier.

Also they can throttle the service whenever they feel it's too costly.

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