In GSoC 2026First time in 2026

Gemini CLI

The Gemini CLI team maintains the Gemini CLI OSS project in order to deliver a high-quality, state-of-the-art agent to a large, global user base. Maintainers manage a set of public and internal (Google) backlog goals, open source community contributions, and build/release infrastructure.

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Contributors in 2026

First cycle

Projects since 2016

2 a cycle on average

Cycles

1 of 11

First in 2026

Rank in 2026

#161

of 183, 0.2% of slots

Mentors

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Not published

Contributors per cycle

Accepted projects each year, against the median organization that year

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Gemini CLI contributors per cycle
	Gemini CLI	Median organization
2016	0	4
2017	0	4
2018	0	3
2019	0	4
2020	0	4
2021	0	4
2022	0	3
2023	0	4
2024	0	4
2025	0	5
2026	2	4

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Quick answers

Is Gemini CLI in GSoC 2026?: Yes, with 2 contributors, in its first cycle.
How long has it taken part?: 1 of 11 cycles since 2016, first in 2026.
How many contributors does it usually take?: 2 a cycle on average, 2 in total. Its largest cycle was 2026, with 2.
What does it build with?: TypeScript, Genai, Mcp, Software Agent, A2a.

Accepted projects

2 projects in 2026 · All 2 projects since 2016

Long Context Coding Evaluation Dataset for Gemini CLI
Letian Li
This project builds a long context and complex reasoning coding evaluation dataset for Gemini CLI. It focuses on multi file, multi language software...
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Behavioral evals, Quality, and the OSS Community
VedantxMahajan
This proposal focuses on improving the behavioral evaluation (eval) infrastructure of Gemini CLI to ensure reliable and safe AI tool usage. The...
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