Google launches Gemini Code Assist: 180,000 free code completion

Google officially released two new AI code assistive tools: Gemini Code Assist for Individuals for individual developers and Gemini Code Assist for GitHub integrated code review agent. The launch of these two tools marks a further escalation in Google's competition with Microsoft and its subsidiary GitHub in the field of developer tools.

Gemini Code Assist for Individuals: Free Developer Tool

Gemini Code Assist for Individuals is a code completion and assistive tool based on Google's Gemini2.0 AI model, aiming to provide developers with efficient coding support. Developers can interact with AI models through natural language to realize functions such as code repair, completion and logical interpretation. This tool supports integration with mainstream development environments such as VS Code and JetBrains, and is compatible with multiple programming languages.

Compared to GitHub C o pilot free version, Gemini Code Assist for Individuals has more advantages in functionality and usage limitations. It provides 180,000 code completions per month, which is 90 times the GitHub Cop ilot free version (2,000 times a month); at the same time, the 240 chat requests per day are also close to 5 times the GitHub Cop ilot free version. In addition, its context window of 128,000 tokens is more than four times larger than competitors, and can handle more complex code bases and significantly improve development efficiency.

Gemini Code Assist for GitHub: Smart Code Review Agent

The Gemini Code Assist for GitHub, which was launched simultaneously, focuses on code review scenarios. The tool automatically scans Pull Requests on GitHub, identify potential errors and provide optimization suggestions, helping developers to complete code review work more efficiently.

Google's competitive strategy and market layout

The launch of these two tools comes as Google and Microsoft compete in the developer tools space intensifies. Seven months ago, Google hired Ryan Salva, former head of GitHub Cop ilot team, to lead its developer tools business. In an interview with TechCrunch, Salva said that Google hopes to attract developers to use Code Assist by providing high free quotas and gradually guide them to upgrade to the enterprise version of the service, thereby achieving commercialization goals.

Google's enterprise version of Gemini Code Assist has been launched for the first anniversary, supporting integration with third-party tools such as GitLab, GitHub, and Google Docs, and providing advanced features such as audit logs, private repository customization. With the release of the personal version and GitHub integrated version, Google's layout in the developer tool market has been further improved.

Developer response and future prospects

From now on, developers can register for a free public preview of Gemini Code Assist for Individuals. Industry analysts believe that Google's move not only challenges the market position of GitHub Co pilot, but also provides developers with more choices. In the future, with the popularization of AI code assistive tools, the competition in the developer tool market will become more intense, and whether Google's Gemini Code Assist can become a new benchmark in the industry is worthy of continuous attention.