--- title: "Google Antigravity: AI coding platform, free tier and alternatives" canonical_url: https://cookiesforai.app/tools/antigravity last_updated: 2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00 type: tool summary: "Google Antigravity is an agentic development platform by Google that runs coding agents in a desktop command center, a standalone IDE, a CLI called agy and extensions for other editors." --- # Google Antigravity Google Antigravity is an agentic development platform by Google that runs coding agents in a desktop command center, a standalone IDE, a CLI called agy and extensions for other editors. | Fact | Value | |---|---| | Made by | Google | | Type | AI code editor | | License | Proprietary | | Runs on | macOS, Windows, Linux, CLI, VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Zed, Xcode | | Free tier | Free plan | | Website | https://antigravity.google | | Page updated | 2026-10-03 | | Facts checked | 2026-10-01 | ## What it does Google Antigravity is a set of tools for running coding agents. Antigravity 2.0 is a desktop command center for running several local agents in parallel, Antigravity IDE is a standalone editor, and Antigravity CLI (agy) brings the agent to the terminal. Extensions put it inside VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Zed and Xcode, and there is a Python SDK. Google Antigravity runs Gemini Flash and Pro models on every plan, and its models page also lists Claude Sonnet and Opus and an open GPT-OSS model on the consumer plans. It does not support bringing your own key or endpoint. Slash commands cover goals, scheduling and a browser, and the platform has remote control, a terminal sandbox and a plugin marketplace. Google Antigravity is where Google moved free and Google AI Pro and Ultra users of Gemini CLI on 2026-06-18. The Individual plan is free with weekly rate limits; higher limits come with Google AI subscriptions, and businesses can buy through Google Cloud. ## Who it is for - Developers who want a free agentic editor with unlimited Tab completions - People who already pay for Google AI Pro or Ultra - Former Gemini CLI users on personal Google accounts - Running several agents in parallel from one desktop app ## Who should pick something else - Anyone who wants to bring their own API key or model endpoint: Antigravity does not support it - Teams that need models outside Google's list for their plan; Cursor, OpenCode and Cline offer wider choice - People who need an open source tool; Gemini CLI, OpenCode and Zed are open source Strength: Google Antigravity's Individual plan is free and includes unlimited Tab completions and Command requests, across a desktop app, an IDE, a CLI and five editor extensions. Limit: Google Antigravity does not support bring-your-own-key or custom endpoints, so you are limited to the models and weekly rate limits of your Google plan. ## What it costs Free tier: Free plan. Free Individual plan with weekly rate limits; Google AI subscriptions raise the limits, and businesses can buy through Google Cloud. Current prices: https://antigravity.google/pricing (we do not list prices; vendors change them often). ## Agent skills and MCP Skills: Google Antigravity supports Agent Skills natively: a skill is a folder with a SKILL.md. All three apps read workspace skills from .agents/skills; global skills live in ~/.gemini/config/skills for the desktop app and IDE, and ~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/skills for the CLI, which turns each skill into a slash command. Skills can also ship in plugins installed with agy plugin install. The open skills CLI installs into .agents/skills. The docs give no date skills were added. MCP: Google Antigravity adds MCP servers from Settings, Customizations, Installed MCP Servers, Add MCP (the MCP Store) in the desktop app, /mcp in the CLI, or the agent panel's ... menu, MCP Servers, in the IDE. Configs live under mcpServers in ~/.gemini/config/mcp_config.json (global) or .agents/mcp_config.json (workspace); remote servers must use serverUrl, not url. ## Alternatives - [Gemini CLI](https://cookiesforai.app/tools/gemini-cli): Gemini CLI is an open source terminal coding agent by Google that runs Gemini models from the command line, with MCP, agent skills, subagents and hooks, under the Apache-2.0 license. - [Cursor](https://cookiesforai.app/tools/cursor): Cursor is an AI code editor by Anysphere that pairs a desktop editor with an agent, a CLI and cloud agents, using models from several vendors plus its own Composer models. - [Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)](https://cookiesforai.app/tools/windsurf): Windsurf is an AI code editor by Cognition, renamed Devin Desktop on 2026-06-02, that pairs a desktop editor and Tab completions with a local agent and handoff to Devin's cloud agents. - [Zed](https://cookiesforai.app/tools/zed): Zed is an open source code editor by Zed Industries, written in Rust, with a built-in AI agent, edit predictions, external agents over ACP and real-time collaboration. - [Claude Code](https://cookiesforai.app/tools/claude-code): Claude Code is a terminal coding agent by Anthropic that reads a codebase, edits files and runs commands, and also works in VS Code, JetBrains, a desktop app and the web.