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> 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 G
by barbazoo 1y ago
> 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?
- raincole 1y agoBecause 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.
- leumon 1y agoMy guess: So that they can get more training data to improve their models which will eventually be subscription only.
- jabroni_salad 1y agoThey recently discontinued the main Gemini free tier which offered similar limits. I would say expect this to disappear when it hits GA or if it gets a lot of targeted abuse.
- dawnofdusk 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-mover_advantage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-mover_advantage
- lostmsu 1y agoI just tried it - it does not last long.
- jmkni 1y agoAlso I have Gemini Pro, what am I paying for?