I think they are doing both (in true Google fashion), there is an open source Gemini cli with a generous free tier that more directly competes with Claude code.

I think they are doing both (in true Google fashion), there is an open source Gemini cli with a generous free tier that more directly competes with Claude code. https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli It was pretty rough at launch but has gotten a lot better. So has Claude code though, so I’ve never really switched over.