Gemini CLI free consumer access ended
Sunset
Tier withdrawn
Google ended free consumer access to Gemini CLI on 18 June 2026 and directed those users to Antigravity. The CLI still works with a paid API key, so this removed a tier rather than the tool.
Occurred
18 June 2026
The day the change took effect, where the vendor said so.Observed
1 August 2026
The night this site read it and saw a difference.Severity
High
How much it changes what the tool costs or what you get free.Confidence
High
From an API — a repository status or an ownership record.What changed
- Was, and is now
Sunset
- What it means
- Google ended free consumer access to Gemini CLI on 18 June 2026 and directed those users to Antigravity. The CLI still works with a paid API key, so this removed a tier rather than the tool.
- Evidence
- See the evidence
- How this was found
- Derived from an API — a repository status or an ownership record, not a reading of a marketing page. Source: curated.
