Gemini CLI
How vibe coders and indie builders use Gemini CLI: 20 projects built with it and 62 built for it since May 2026.
Projects built with it
20
Share of stated stacks, 4 wks
<0.1%
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
too few to tell
Add-ons built for it
62
Share of stated stacks, per week
Share rather than counts, so changes in how many posts a subreddit lets through don't show up as trends.
Often used with
- Codex 15
- Claude Code 12
- Python 4
- Ollama 4
- GitHub Copilot 3
- React 3
- Pi 3
- Rust 3
What's built with it
Latest projects built with Gemini CLI
- grip — Quizzes the developer on their own staged diff via a git hook and blocks the commit or push if they score below a pass mark.“I built a git hook that quizzes you on your own diff before you can push”
- deadcatfound — Runs a trading operations desk in demo mode, using a local CLI AI tool on the user's machine to process scheduled work.“Local-only on the user's machine, or hosted? Stuck on the tradeoff”
- vibe-kanban-alternative — Manages parallel git worktrees on a kanban board and gives coding agents persistent project memory across tasks.“I built a vibe-kanban fork with persistent agent memory (mem0 + Qdrant) — context loss across sessions was killing my workflow”
- holycode — Hosts a persistent cloud Linux machine with coding agent CLIs and dev tools preinstalled, accessible over SSH or browser terminal.“i spent 4 months building the paid version of my own open source project. here's what it cost and what i got wrong”
- ai-discussion-room — Runs a multi-model deliberation where a chair LLM hears anonymized members' answers, using official CLI subscriptions instead of API keys.“A multi-LLM deliberation room”
- ShadowWhispr — Turns speech into text as a dictation app that uses the user's existing Codex, Gemini or Claude CLI login instead of an API key.“I built a dictation app that runs on your existing Claude/ChatGPT subscription — no API key”
- Shumai — Provides video review, comments, asset processing, and team collaboration for creative work as an open-source alternative to Frame.io.“How I vibe-coded an open-source Frame.io alternative with Gemini”
- Quodeq — Scans source code locally with an LLM to flag security and quality issues mapped to CWE IDs and ISO 25010 dimensions.“I built an open-source code security scanner that runs entirely on local models (Ollama + Gemma) [ no API keys, no telemetry, MIT]”
- Tempest — Runs multiple AI coding agents in isolated environments on a desktop, using a local code graph to help them find repository context with fewer tokens.“Tempest - A 64% More Token-Efficient Open-Source Alternative to Conductor.build for Windows, macOS & Linux”
- SPIRAL — Provides a desktop database client for querying and inspecting SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, and Redis.“I switched to Mac, couldn't find the database tool I wanted, so I built one”
- tah cartridges — Packs project files and documents into local binary index files so AI agents can retrieve relevant parts without sending everything to the model.“Why are we throwing raw text at LLMs: How search architecture from the 90s (CityHash+Bloom Filters + BM25) drops retrieval costs by 90%”
- AI Debate Arena — Runs a multi-round debate between locally installed AI command-line agents and has a moderator AI summarize the discussion into a conclusion.“I vibe-coded a local app where AI CLIs argue with each other. First verdict: useful and cursed.”
- Vakh — Converts spoken dictation into text on the desktop, inspired by Wispr Flow.“What is build last week”
- Camael — Provides a terminal environment with coding agent support that runs without telemetry or cloud dependencies, for use on locked-down networks.“I forked Warp, stripped it for the enterprise, and built Camael.”
- Laya — Aggregates notifications from work tools like Jira, Slack, Gmail and GitHub, links related items across them, classifies them with AI, and lets users stage replies and run agents on them.“I built an open-source AI command centre to deduplicate and synthesise notifications across different platforms (Jira, Gmail, Slack, Bitbucket, Github, and more), associate AI agents with the work items and respond to those notifications from the app.”
Latest add-ons built for Gemini CLI
- dotpals — Displays plain-language summaries of what AI coding agents are doing on your desktop, including file changes, test failures, retries, and approval requests.“[dotpals] - A desktop pal that tells you in plain words what your AI coding agent actually did”
- Shipabase — Sets up cookieless web analytics by having a coding agent read the codebase and propose a tracking plan for approval.“I got tired of setting up analytics on every side project, so I made my coding agent do it”
- agents-context-router — Splits coding-agent instruction files into a small always-loaded kernel and task-specific topic pages, with a Python CLI to list, load, and check them.“I built a context-router skill to keep AGENTS.md focused on each task”
- Limitless — Keeps a Mac awake until a timer, a set time, or selected processes finish, with battery limits and hooks for AI coding agents.“I built Limitless, a free Mac app that keeps it awake until a timer or tracked task ends”
- CodeBurn — Tracks spending across AI coding tools by project, model and branch and flags unused setup that adds token costs.“[OS]CodeBurn: a free, open-source Mac app that shows what your AI coding tools cost and finds the waste”
- Open Steps — Makes AI coding agents report progress in plain English, with done-or-not verdicts, required user actions, verification, and next steps.“I built a free skill pack that makes AI coding agents speak human”
- shallnot — Checks that every requirement in a ticket has a passing test tagged with its ID, and sends coding agents back to work when one is missing.“Made a tool that sends a coding agent back to work when part of the ticket has no passing test”
- Skiller — Manages AI coding-agent skills across multiple coding agents from one desktop view, with install, sync, edit, and remove actions.“[Skiller] - A desktop app for keeping AI coding-agent skills in one place”
- Your Best Clip Is Buried In A… — Finds the best clips inside long videos so creators don't have to watch them in full.“Your Best Clip Is Buried In A Video Nobody Finishes. I Built A Free Tool That Digs It Out.”
- CleeCode — Provides a terminal IDE that embeds coding agent CLIs like Claude, Codex, OpenCode, and Gemini beside the editor, with the agent seeing the cursor and applying edits to open buffers.“I built CleeCode, a terminal IDE that runs your coding agent inside it”
- TokenNations — Ranks countries against each other by AI coding token usage, synced from local ccusage logs via a CLI.“Built a leaderboard where countries compete on ai coding usage instead of individuals (tokennations)”
- AIByCity — Maps anonymized token totals from opt-in coding-agent usage by city and ranks cities.“I mapped anonymized AI coding-agent usage by city. The current world #1 is a town of 11,000 in Quebec”
- sdlc-kit — Runs AI coding agents through staged gates, with human approval of specs and fresh-session agent review of built code.“sdlc-kit - approval gates and fresh-context review so a coding agent stops grading its own work”
- Landline — Lets a coding agent session pause for a voice call with an AI that has read the session context and returns a decision memo.“Would anyone find this useful”
- I built a free tool that scans… — Scans a website for privacy, cookie-policy, and machine-checkable accessibility issues and reports fixes for the applicable laws.“I built a free tool that scans your website for the stuff "ADA trolls" sue over”