Google's open-source (Apache 2.0) terminal agent that reads and edits code and runs commands with Gemini models. Since June 18, 2026, it is used with paid Gemini API keys, Google Cloud, or Code Assist enterprise licenses, and Google recommends Antigravity CLI to individual users.

Is HyperTeams an alternative to Gemini CLI?

It does not replace the coding agent. HyperTeams is a control room that runs several agents such as Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex, and Antigravity. If you used Gemini CLI with your Google account, choosing Antigravity as the engine is the closest path.

Does HyperTeams drive Gemini CLI as an engine?

No. HyperTeams drives three engines: Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex, and Antigravity. Gemini models can be attached with an API key and used per job.

Can I still use Gemini CLI?

Through fewer paths. Since June 18, 2026, it no longer serves free users or Google AI Pro and Ultra, while paid API keys, Google Cloud, and Code Assist enterprise licenses remain supported. The repository stays available under Apache 2.0.

If I attach a Gemini API key, where is it stored?

Only on your machine. Your instructions and results stay there too; the only thing that leaves is the request you send to the AI you chose.

Terminal coding agents

HyperTeams vs Gemini CLI

Gemini CLI is an open-source agent for working with Gemini in one terminal window. HyperTeams is a control room that runs several agents at once from one screen and keeps work going while you are away.

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Why HyperTeams over Gemini CLI

To be clear up front: HyperTeams does not drive Gemini CLI. Its engines are Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex, and Antigravity, and Gemini models can be attached with an API key. Since June 18, 2026, Google points free users and Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers from Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI, so if you used Gemini CLI with your Google account, choose Antigravity as your engine in HyperTeams. On top of that, HyperTeams runs jobs side by side as cards, keeps going after you close the window, and lets you check and get notified from your phone. If you keep using Gemini CLI with a paid API key or an enterprise license, the two sit side by side.

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Keep working with your Google account

HyperTeams SystemRuns the work on your machine

Gemini CLI

Since June 18, 2026, Gemini CLI no longer serves free users or Google AI Pro and Ultra. It needs a paid API key or a Code Assist enterprise license.

HyperTeams System

HyperTeams drives Antigravity, the successor Google recommends, with your Google sign-in. Claude Code and ChatGPT Codex sit on the same screen.

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It diverges at the second window

HyperTeams SystemRuns the work on your machine

Gemini CLI

Running things at once means that many terminal windows and moving between them. Which one got how far is yours to remember.

HyperTeams System

One card per job, with status and a summary of the answer in the list. Unread work is marked, so there is no "where was I."

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While you are away

HyperTeams SystemRuns the work on your machine

Gemini CLI

Closing the window ends the session, and /resume reopens the conversation. Checking progress means sitting at that machine.

HyperTeams System

Progress continues after you close the window; check status and send the next instruction from your phone, and get notified when it finishes.

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Handing work to someone else

HyperTeams ConnectMakes it something others rely on, unattended

Gemini CLI

Your account, your folders, your terminal are assumed. Passing it to a colleague means sharing the account.

HyperTeams Connect

HyperTeams Connect adds accounts and roles, policy per folder and command, and pre-approval per item, with a record of who approved what.

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HyperTeams vs Gemini CLI

Gemini CLI

Google's open-source terminal agent

HyperTeams System

Runs the work on your machine

HyperTeams Connect

Adds team, approval, and records

Where it runs

HyperTeams System

Your terminal. One session per window.

Execution stays on that machine — the control room sits on top rather than taking it over.

It does not touch execution; it receives what the control room reports.

Several jobs at once

HyperTeams System

Open that many terminal windows. Inside a session, it uses subagents.

One card per job — hand it five and five run side by side, in five folders.

The control room does this

How far along it is

HyperTeams System

You keep that window open and watch it.

Status, a summary of the answer, and an unread marker, all in one list.

The control room does this

If you close the window

HyperTeams System

The session ends when you close the window. /resume reopens the conversation.

Resident, and it records progress: it continues after you close the window, and a tunnel shows it on your phone.

The control room does this

At a set time

HyperTeams System

No scheduling command. You set up cron or GitHub Actions yourself.

You pick a time on screen, and a failure notifies you.

The control room does this

Several machines in one place

HyperTeams Connect

Per machine. Conversations and context are tied to that computer.

It stops at that one machine. It does not know what runs on the next one.

A control room per machine, all of them in one list — including which machine is awake.

When someone else assigns work

HyperTeams Connect

Whoever runs it approves. Work can be started with @gemini-cli on GitHub.

It assumes the owner of the machine. The screen is behind one password.

Accounts and roles, policy per folder and command, and pre-approval per item.

Retracing it later

HyperTeams Connect

Session history stays on that machine; /restore rolls files back.

It keeps that machine's run history. There is no notion of an approval.

Who approved what, and when, kept as a policy audit trail.

What it cost

HyperTeams Connect

/stats shows session usage. Billing is on your API key or Google Cloud.

It shows cost per job on that machine, with no owner attached.

Attributed to a person and a team, with ceilings.

Price and license

Apache 2.0 open source. Now used with a paid API key or a Code Assist license.

One command to install, using the Claude or ChatGPT account you already have.

Only the features that cross into a team are metered in credits.

Where it runsHyperTeams System

Gemini CLI
Your terminal. One session per window.
HyperTeams System
Execution stays on that machine — the control room sits on top rather than taking it over.
HyperTeams Connect
It does not touch execution; it receives what the control room reports.

Several jobs at onceHyperTeams System

Gemini CLI
Open that many terminal windows. Inside a session, it uses subagents.
HyperTeams System
One card per job — hand it five and five run side by side, in five folders.
HyperTeams Connect
The control room does this

How far along it isHyperTeams System

Gemini CLI
You keep that window open and watch it.
HyperTeams System
Status, a summary of the answer, and an unread marker, all in one list.
HyperTeams Connect
The control room does this

If you close the windowHyperTeams System

Gemini CLI
The session ends when you close the window. /resume reopens the conversation.
HyperTeams System
Resident, and it records progress: it continues after you close the window, and a tunnel shows it on your phone.
HyperTeams Connect
The control room does this

At a set timeHyperTeams System

Gemini CLI
No scheduling command. You set up cron or GitHub Actions yourself.
HyperTeams System
You pick a time on screen, and a failure notifies you.
HyperTeams Connect
The control room does this

Several machines in one placeHyperTeams Connect

Gemini CLI
Per machine. Conversations and context are tied to that computer.
HyperTeams System
It stops at that one machine. It does not know what runs on the next one.
HyperTeams Connect
A control room per machine, all of them in one list — including which machine is awake.

When someone else assigns workHyperTeams Connect

Gemini CLI
Whoever runs it approves. Work can be started with @gemini-cli on GitHub.
HyperTeams System
It assumes the owner of the machine. The screen is behind one password.
HyperTeams Connect
Accounts and roles, policy per folder and command, and pre-approval per item.

Retracing it laterHyperTeams Connect

Gemini CLI
Session history stays on that machine; /restore rolls files back.
HyperTeams System
It keeps that machine's run history. There is no notion of an approval.
HyperTeams Connect
Who approved what, and when, kept as a policy audit trail.

What it costHyperTeams Connect

Gemini CLI
/stats shows session usage. Billing is on your API key or Google Cloud.
HyperTeams System
It shows cost per job on that machine, with no owner attached.
HyperTeams Connect
Attributed to a person and a team, with ceilings.

Price and license

Gemini CLI
Apache 2.0 open source. Now used with a paid API key or a Code Assist license.
HyperTeams System
One command to install, using the Claude or ChatGPT account you already have.
HyperTeams Connect
Only the features that cross into a team are metered in credits.

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Gemini CLI docs

What the control room does, and what Connect does

HyperTeams is two products. Which of them answers each row above is exactly where the boundary sits.

HyperTeams System

Runs the work on your machine

A program you install with one command. It assigns work per folder, runs jobs in parallel, and keeps going after you close the window. While you work alone, this is all you need.

The rows it answers

Where it runs
Several jobs at once
How far along it is
If you close the window
At a set time

HyperTeams Connect

Makes it something others rely on, unattended

It starts paying the moment there is a second machine and a second person: pooling machines into one list, filtering work others assign through approval, keeping an audit trail of what happened, and splitting cost per person.

The rows it answers

Several machines in one place
When someone else assigns work
Retracing it later
What it cost

When do you move up a rung?

L1 · Observe
You watch several machines. The moment there is a second one.
L2 · Share
The team sees what was asked for. The moment you start sharing one password.
L3 · Delegate
Others assign work and see the results. This is where approval, policy, and audit earn their place.

Running both

You don't remove or migrate what you use today. Here is how to layer HyperTeams on top of it.

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Keep your Gemini CLI
If you use Gemini CLI with a paid API key or an enterprise license, there is no need to remove it. Leave your scripts and CI as they are.
2
Install the control room on that machine
One command. You need one engine, Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex, or Antigravity, and the installer tells you what is missing.
3
Bring Gemini in through Antigravity or an API key
Use Antigravity as the engine to work with your Google account, or attach Gemini models with an API key. The key stays on your machine.

Which one should you pick?

When to just use Gemini CLI

When you want to open up the agent itself
Gemini CLI is Apache 2.0 open source and extends through extensions, MCP, and subagents. If you want to modify the agent's internals, this is the one.
When your company runs Code Assist or Google Cloud
Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise licenses and Google Cloud access remain supported, with the latest Gemini models and security fixes.
When it lives inside scripts and CI
Headless mode fits into pipelines, and @gemini-cli on GitHub handles PR reviews and issue triage. For automation nobody watches on a screen, it is lighter.

When HyperTeams is the answer

If you used it with your Google account
HyperTeams System
Choose Antigravity as the engine in HyperTeams and your Google sign-in carries over. No developer key to issue.
When you hand off several jobs at once
HyperTeams System
Register the folders you use often and assign several jobs at once. Queue the next instruction while one is still running, and it picks up as soon as it finishes.
When it has to run at a set time
HyperTeams System
No cron to write: pick a time on screen. Have it gather material every morning, and you only read the result when you arrive.
When a colleague asks you to "run that for me"
HyperTeams Connect
With HyperTeams Connect it arrives through policy and pre-approval. Cost is attributed to a person and a team, with ceilings.

A layer, not a replacement

Put it on top of what you already run

One command to install. Nothing you use today gets removed or moved — you only add the command screen above it.

curl -fsSL https://hyperteams.net/install.sh | bash

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All comparisons

HyperTeams vs Gemini CLI

Why HyperTeams over Gemini CLI

Keep working with your Google account

It diverges at the second window

While you are away

Handing work to someone else

HyperTeams vs Gemini CLI

What the control room does, and what Connect does

HyperTeams System

HyperTeams Connect

When do you move up a rung?

Running both

Keep your Gemini CLI

Install the control room on that machine

Bring Gemini in through Antigravity or an API key

Which one should you pick?

When to just use Gemini CLI

When you want to open up the agent itself

When your company runs Code Assist or Google Cloud

When it lives inside scripts and CI

When HyperTeams is the answer

If you used it with your Google account

When you hand off several jobs at once

When it has to run at a set time

When a colleague asks you to "run that for me"

Put it on top of what you already run

Keep reading

Common questions

What is Gemini CLI?

Is HyperTeams an alternative to Gemini CLI?

Does HyperTeams drive Gemini CLI as an engine?

Can I still use Gemini CLI?

If I attach a Gemini API key, where is it stored?

HyperTeams vs Gemini CLI

Why HyperTeams over Gemini CLI

Keep working with your Google account

It diverges at the second window

While you are away

Handing work to someone else

HyperTeams vs Gemini CLI

What the control room does, and what Connect does

HyperTeams System

HyperTeams Connect

When do you move up a rung?

Running both

Keep your Gemini CLI

Install the control room on that machine

Bring Gemini in through Antigravity or an API key

Which one should you pick?

When to just use Gemini CLI

When you want to open up the agent itself

When your company runs Code Assist or Google Cloud

When it lives inside scripts and CI

When HyperTeams is the answer

If you used it with your Google account

When you hand off several jobs at once

When it has to run at a set time

When a colleague asks you to "run that for me"

Put it on top of what you already run

Keep reading

Common questions

What is Gemini CLI?

Is HyperTeams an alternative to Gemini CLI?

Does HyperTeams drive Gemini CLI as an engine?

Can I still use Gemini CLI?

If I attach a Gemini API key, where is it stored?