Antigravity vs Gemini CLI: what 13 developers chose.
512 opinions. 13 developers named a direct preference: Antigravity 10–3. Approval is 45% vs 29%.
If you want speed, choose Antigravity. If you want autonomy, choose Gemini CLI. The 10–3 direct split is not a landslide; it is a difference in working style.
Choose Antigravity if you…
- Want the higher approval rate (45% vs 29%)
- Care about code quality and speed
- Can plan around usage quotas
Choose Gemini CLI if you…
- Prefer a terminal agent beside VS Code
- Want open-source code you can inspect
- Value long agent runs
Speed for Antigravity. Autonomy for Gemini CLI.
Net sentiment per topic: praise minus complaints, as a share of mentions. Positive means more praise than complaints. Hover a dot for the raw counts.
Net sentiment = praise minus complaints, as a share of each tool's mentions. The dot lanes are only for readability; position is the score.
View data table
| Topic | Antigravity | Gemini CLI | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | +46 | -33 | 26 / 6 |
| Autonomy | -10 | -10 | 20 / 20 |
| Reliability | -56 | -77 | 73 / 62 |
| UX | -45 | -60 | 40 / 35 |
| Usage limits | -27 | -85 | 49 / 13 |
| Cost & pricing | -8 | -22 | 37 / 18 |
| Code quality | +30 | -48 | 23 / 23 |
| Customization | -50 | -50 | 8 / 4 |
The same decision, from both sides.
Paraphrased from comments where a developer named a preference or described a switch. Each links to the original.
Picked Antigravity 10 developers
Ranked Antigravity above Gemini CLI, though the comparison bar was low, and listed hard limits, missing standard I/O and closed source as drawbacks.
Said the Antigravity CLI is much better than Gemini CLI now because Gemini often got stuck in loops.
Said Gemini models often timed out or hung in Gemini CLI, while Antigravity CLI handled those failures better, though quotas remained a concern.
Called Antigravity the better-built software and Gemini CLI's codebase hard to maintain, while noting Gemini CLI had stronger policy controls until recently.
Picked Gemini CLI 3 developers
Prefers Gemini CLI paired with VS Code over the Antigravity IDE, saying that combination works well.
Said Gemini CLI now handles long runs, including full-day work, and has improved greatly, so they prefer it to Antigravity.
Prefers Gemini CLI to the Antigravity IDE because it fits their workflow, and says the two tools suit different users.
The numbers.
| Metric | Antigravity | Gemini CLI |
|---|---|---|
| Approval | 45% | 29% |
| Last 90 days | 42% | 25% |
| Opinions | 301 | 211 |
| Developers | 259 | 175 |
| First-hand opinions | 238 | 163 |
| Direct picks | 10 | 3 |
| Type | AI IDE | Terminal agent |
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| Website | Visit ↗ | Visit ↗ |
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How to read this comparison.
Approval is the positive share of opinions that took a side, with the rank based on the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval. Direct picks count comments where a developer explicitly preferred one tool or described switching. Small samples are noisier; check the opinion counts.
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