The ultimate AI-powered workspace: A PTY-backed Gemini CLI terminal with an intelligent, CORS-evading browser for seamless AI-integrated web development.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
Gemini CLI UI is a next-generation developer tool that bridges the gap between your terminal, your editor, and your browser. It brings the full intelligence of the Gemini CLI into a native VS Code experience, supercharged with an AI-integrated browser.
✨ Key Features
🖥️ PTY-Backed AI Terminal
Authentic Experience: A real terminal powered by node-pty and xterm.js.
Interactive & Colorful: Full support for ANSI colors, interactive CLI prompts, and raw shell output.
Smart Environment: Automatically detects your Node.js environment (NVM, Volta, fnm) to ensure Gemini always runs smoothly.
🌐 AI-Integrated "Sensor" Browser
CORS-Evading Proxy: A sophisticated rewrite proxy that evades CORS and CSP restrictions, allowing you to browse any site (even complex React/Next.js apps) without leaving VS Code.
🔍 Cursor-Style Inspector: Click any UI element in the browser to instantly capture its HTML context and URL, sending it directly to the AI to fix bugs or implement features.
⚡ Runtime API Patching: Automatically intercepts and proxies fetch and XMLHttpRequest calls, ensuring that dynamic APIs and absolute URLs work perfectly within the editor.
🍪 Stateful Browsing: Integrated persistent cookie management that saves your login sessions to VS Code's global storage—sessions survive editor restarts!
🎭 Playwright Fallback: Experimental support for full browser automation for the most resilient sites.
🧩 Seamless Integration
Sidebar Chat: A convenient chat view for quick questions and code generation.
Bracketed Paste: Sends rich code context to the AI using clean, summarized labels in your terminal.
Cross-Platform: Optimized for macOS, Windows (PowerShell/CMD), and Linux (including Snap builds with a custom DNS resolver).
🛠️ Installation
Open VS Code.
Go to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X).
Search for Gemini CLI UI.
Click Install.
🚀 Quick Start
💬 Start Chatting
Click the Gemini icon in the Activity Bar. The CLI starts automatically.
🔍 Inspect Your App
Launch the Gemini Browser from the Sidebar.
Enter your URL (e.g., http://localhost:3000).
Toggle the 🔍 (Inspect) mode.
Click any element to send its code context to the AI.
⚙️ Requirements
Node.js: v20 or higher.
Gemini CLI: Automatically uses your global install or npx @google/gemini-cli.
📄 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
