Gemini CLI vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs Qwen Code vs OpenCode
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Gemini CLI
Google's open-source AI coding agent that runs Gemini directly in your...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 | 7.7 / 10 | 7.9 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Open Source | Open Source |
| Free tier | 60 requests/min and 1,000 requests/day free with a personal Google account (Gemini 2.5 Pro). | — | Free and open source — self-host at no cost | Free and open source — self-host at no cost |
| Paid from | Usage-based via Google AI Studio / Vertex AI API keys for higher limits. | — | — | — |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 100K+ GitHub stars | — | — | — |
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| Verdict | What this is for: Running an AI coding agent in your terminal to read and edit code, run tools, and automate multi-step development tasks. Who this is for: Developers who live in the terminal and want a free, open-sourc... |
Codex CLI has scaled into a real Claude Code rival: it is among the most-followed repositories OpenAI runs, and the tool now ships baked into every ChatGPT tier, including Free. Reddit sentiment leans toward Codex for to... |
Qwen Code is what you'd expect from an open-source fork of Gemini CLI retooled for Qwen3-Coder: the same terminal-first workflow and project-context system, now provider-agnostic across OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and Alib... |
OpenCode has become the default open-source answer to Claude Code — MIT-licensed, provider-agnostic, and reportedly the most-starred agent of its kind, with millions of monthly users. Plan mode (reason before you let it... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.