Google has announced that Gemini CLI is now integrated with Zed, the high-performance, open-source code editor. This integration brings Gemini’s AI models directly into Zed’s Rust-based environment, giving developers a faster, more seamless coding workflow.

Why it matters

Gemini CLI was designed as a lightweight, extensible orchestrator with support for modern standards like MCP, markdown-based instructions, OpenTelemetry, and custom extensions. In just eight weeks since its launch, the project has seen over 1,000 community pull requests, quickly becoming a core part of many engineering systems, including Google’s own.

With Zed integration, developers can now:

• Generate and refactor code instantly by writing a comment and triggering a hotkey.

• Get real-time explanations for confusing code or error messages.

• Chat directly with Gemini inside Zed’s integrated terminal.

Smarter collaboration with AI

The integration goes beyond code generation by focusing on developer control:

• Live visibility into Gemini’s changes across multiple files.

• Review-first workflow, with diffs presented like a pull request for easy approval or edits.

• Seamless handoff — once changes are approved, developers return immediately to coding.

• Extended context, allowing Gemini to use external docs or API specs alongside local files.

Getting started

Gemini CLI remains open source, and developers can explore, contribute, or request features on GitHub. The integration is available starting today, with full details also shared on the Zed blog.