Gemini Sidebar Extension

A VS Code extension that runs Gemini CLI directly inside a sidebar terminal view with real TUI support.

Features

• Activity Bar icon: Gemini
• Sidebar view with embedded terminal (xterm.js)
• Real PTY backend (node-pty) for interactive CLI behavior
• Command Palette commands:
  • Gemini: Open CLI
  • Gemini: Restart CLI

Settings

• geminiSidebar.command (default: gemini)
• geminiSidebar.autoStartOnOpen (default: true)
• geminiSidebar.shellPath (default: empty)
• geminiSidebar.shellArgs (default: [])

Run locally

npm install
npm run compile

Then press F5 in VS Code to start Extension Development Host.