An important update: Transitioning Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI- Google Developers Blog
May 19, 2026Dmitry Lyalin, Taylor Mullen

Summary
This post announces the transition of Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI, a new terminal experience within the Google Antigravity agent-first development platform. Key features from Gemini CLI such as Agent Skills, Hooks, Subagents, and Extensions (now plugins) are carried over. Antigravity CLI is built in Go for improved performance and supports asynchronous workflows for multi-agent orchestration. It shares a unified architecture with Antigravity 2.0. The post outlines a timeline for consumers and enterprise customers regarding the deprecation of Gemini CLI and IDE extensions, and the availability of Antigravity CLI and Antigravity 2.0.
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