Check out Aider [0] or Anon Kode [1] (clone of Claude Code). New models are why I try to build all my tools and infra to be model-independent. On that note, I also prefer to be provider-independent, using OpenRouter [2] or T3 Chat [3] and the like.

[0] https://aider.chat/ [1] https://github.com/dnakov/anon-kode [2] https://openrouter.ai/ [3] https://t3.chat/

OpenRouter is great for trying new models but I wouldn't use it long term since they add their cut on top of the provider's pricing.

You can also use the "fabric" CLI tool with its new "code_helper" functionality:

https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric?tab=readme-ov-file#...

This is more rudimentary and works on the CLI, but I've had good results with it using both Gemini Pro and local models.

There is an Open-Source tool named Aider that can use Gemini: https://aider.chat/

You can use Gemini from VScode. (Well at least copilot can call it)