Gemini Command-Line 🤖

gem-cli is a command-line AI assistant powered by Google Gemini.

Demo

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🚀 Installation

Follow these steps to install gem-cli on your system.

Download the script:

curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jorexdeveloper/gemini-cli/main/gem-cli

Make it executable:
```
chmod +x gem-cli
```
Move it into your PATH:
```
sudo mv gem-cli /usr/local/bin/
```

📋 Requirements

Bash 4+
curl
jq
fmt
bat (for pretty output)
xclip or xsel (for clipboard support)

🔧 Configuration

Configure gem-cli to work with your Google Gemini API key and preferences.

🔑 API Key

Set your Gemini API key via environment variable or file.

Get free API key here

Environment Variable:

export GEMINI_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"

Key File (~/.gemini.key):

echo "your_api_key_here" > ~/.gemini.key

⚙️ Preferences

Chat History Stored at ~/.local/share/gem-cli/history/chat.json by default.
Response Saving Saved at ~/.local/share/gem-cli/responses/ when enabled.
Log Level Adjust verbosity with -L (0–5).

💡 Usage

Invoke gem-cli with options and an optional prompt.

gem-cli [OPTIONS] [PROMPT]

🌐 Global Options

Flag	Description
`-m NAME`	Set the API model (e.g., `gemini-2.5-flash`).
`-i`	Force interactive mode.
`-c`	Print current chat history.
`-n`	Backup and start a new chat.
`-N`	Start new chat without backup.
`-p`	Private chat (disable history & response saving).
`-d`	Disable chat history.
`-s`	Show separator between messages.
`-r`	Prefer raw output (no pretty printing).
`-R`	Prefer raw input (disable slash commands).
`-j`	JSON output (implies raw output).
`-q`	Quiet mode (suppress startup messages).
`-Q`	Quiet + raw output.
`-l`	List supported API models.
`-L INT`	Set log level (0=NONE to 5=DEBUG).
`-v`	Print version and exit.
`-h`	Print help and exit.

🖥️ Interactive Mode

Launch a REPL chat session. Omit a prompt or use -i to force interactive mode.

gem-cli

Key commands in session:

/help – Show available commands.
/model NAME – Switch API model.
/raw – Toggle raw output mode.
/clear – Clear current chat.
/list – List supported models.
/exit – End the session.

📨 Non-Interactive Mode

Send a single prompt and exit.

gem-cli "Explain quantum computing in simple terms."

Combine with flags:

gem-cli -j -m gemini-2.5-flash "Generate a meal plan for a vegetarian."

📂 Chat History & Responses

Manage conversation logs and responses with ease.

View History
```
gem-cli -c
```
New Chat with Backup
```
gem-cli -n
```
New Chat without Backup
```
gem-cli -N
```

🔄 Listing Supported Models

Fetch and display models supported for generation.

gem-cli -l

Add -j for a JSON list or use -ll to print simple model list.

🗒️ Common Use Cases

Quick fact queries
Multi-turn AI conversations
Scripted API calls in shell pipelines
Generating formatted reports or code snippets

gemini-cli

Links

README