gemini-cli

A simple command line wrapper for the google gemini ai model.

Requirements

• Rust
• Gemini api key

Features

• Full message thread support
• Write code snippets to files

Installation

1. Install rust
2. Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/jhideki/gemini-cli.git

3. Add your gemini api key as an environment variable

GEMINI_API_KEY=<your api key>

4. Build project

carbo build --release

5. Add executable to system PATH

export PATH="/home/user/gemini-cli/target/release:$PATH"

Usage

To start a message call

gemini-cli

The cli will prompt you type in a query. You can pass gemini files by specifiying the file path '<>' E.g.,

Enter a prompt:
Explain what this file does <main.rs>

If the response includes a code snippet, gemini-cli will the write the code to a file within the './responses' directory with the relevant extension.