Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Open-source coding agent for your terminal, built in Rust and on a journey of continuous community improvement. Issues and PRs welcome.
Best matched with other agent tools.
An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.
Best matched with other agent tools.
gemini-cli has the larger GitHub footprint with 106.8K stars.
gemini-cli is currently growing faster at +2.4K stars this week.
gemini-cli has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 92/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | Codewhale | gemini-cli |
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| Evidence status | Basic listing· 10h ago | Recently verified· 10h ago |
| GitHub stars | 40.9K | 106.8K |
| Weekly growth | 0 | +2.4K |
| Health score | Healthy77/100 |
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| Contributors | 221 | 688 |
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| Commits per week | 509.1 | 30.3 |
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| Open issues | 109 | 1.4K |
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| Language | Rust | TypeScript |
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| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
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| Last commit | 11h ago | 18h ago |
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| Last release | v0.9.12 | v0.51.0 |
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