Elevate Your Coding with Gemini
“Get coding help from Gemini Code Assist” — now for free! Our latest developer-oriented DORA research shows that more than 75% of developers are relying on AI in their daily responsibilities. As one example, more than 25% of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers.
Accessible AI for All Developers
While well-resourced organizations are empowering their engineering teams with the latest AI capabilities, that level of tooling hasn’t always been accessible to students, hobbyists, freelancers, and startups. And with a worldwide population of developers forecasted to grow to 57.8 million by 2028, we think AI should be available to them whether they can pay for it or not, so they can start building with what are quickly becoming the standard digital tools of the future.
To bridge that gap, today we’re announcing the public preview of Gemini Code Assist for individuals, a free version of our AI coding assistant.
Gemini Code Assist Features
Development assistance powered by Gemini 2.0:
Gemini Code Assist for individuals is globally available and powered by Gemini 2.0. It supports all programming languages in the public domain, and importantly, it’s optimized for coding. We fine-tuned the Gemini 2.0 model for developers by analyzing and validating a large number of real-world coding use cases. As a result, the quality of AI-generated recommendations in Gemini Code Assist is better than ever before and ready to address the myriad of daily challenges developers face, whether they’re hobbyists or startup developers.
Unlimited Capacity
While other popular free coding assistants have restrictive usage limits, usually only 2,000 code completions per month, we wanted to offer something more generous. We’re offering practically unlimited capacity with up to 180,000 code completions per month using Gemini Code Assist – a ceiling so high that even today’s most dedicated professional developers would be hard-pressed to exceed it.
Enhanced Code Review Process
But AI isn’t just an accelerant for writing code; it can also help us write better code. A quality and efficient code review process is critical, yet code reviews are often time-consuming and hinder progress. So, we’re also helping reduce the time developers spend performing code reviews with the public preview of Gemini Code Assist for GitHub, which provides free, AI-powered code reviews for both public and private repositories.
Available Across IDEs
Developers spend most of their time coding in integrated development environments (IDEs). With the new, free version of Gemini Code Assist in Visual Studio Code and JetBrains IDEs, individual developers now have the same code completion, generation, and chat capabilities that we’ve offered businesses for over a year, and that are already available for free in Firebase and Android Studio.
Generous Usage Limits
Now anyone can more conveniently learn, create code snippets, debug, and modify their existing applications — all without needing to toggle between different windows for help or to copy and paste information from disconnected sources. With the most generous usage limit of 90 times more code completions per month than other popular free coding assistants, coders of all types can reap the rewards.
Gemini Code Assist for GitHub
Gemini Code Assist for individuals comes with a generous token context window, with up to 128,000 input tokens supported in chat. This large context window lets developers use large files and ground Gemini Code Assist with a broader understanding of their local codebases. The chat feature also makes it easy for developers to focus on the creative part of development while leaving the necessary but repetitive steps—like writing comments or automated tests from requirements—to Gemini.
Developers can use natural language in a variety of languages in Gemini Code Assist to generate, explain, and improve code. For example, a freelance website developer could quickly get code with a prompt like, “Build me a simple HTML form with fields for name, email, and message, and then add a ‘submit’ button.” Or someone just looking to automate more routine tasks can ask Gemini to “Write a script that sends a daily email with the latest weather forecast,” or “Explain what this Python code snippet does and find any errors.”
Get Started Today
Whether you’re a student who builds an interactive data visualization using JavaScript or a freelance developer who tests ideas for an application or game, you can use Gemini Code Assist to complete your project faster, with more expertise, at no cost.
Signup is quick and easy and only requires a personal Gmail account, no credit card needed. Install Gemini Code Assist in Visual Studio Code, GitHub, or JetBrains IDEs.
With user feedback on this public preview, we’ll continue to fine-tune Gemini Code Assist. You can share feedback right from the “Send feedback” form in the IDE or GitHub.
Conclusion
“Elevate your coding with Gemini” and experience the future of coding assistance for free today!
