Offering alternatives beyond npm install

[TJMusiitwa]

This is bringing the discussion from a closed issue. #1529

Would it then be possible to instead offer some sort of curl or standalone executable for those who do not wish to install node or npm just to have this running. Tailwind seems to offer some version alternative for their CLI.

[MrImranJaved]

is gemini cli something that i have to install in my every project with this command npx https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli then it will be available in that particular project, right?

[TJMusiitwa]

Anything that would aid some developers who don't use or need npm for anything.

[douglarek]

bun or deno could be an alternative for compiling as a binary.

The current bun (1.2.17) has issues when running Gemini, see：#2312 , https:github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/20748

[gisle]

On Mac with Homebrew just use brew install gemini-cli.

[puremachinery]

@gisle brew install gemini-cli installs npm, so does not solve the problem. npm is not permitted on the system.

[SoulFireMage]

Reason I have Claude code, not Gemini Cli, is native install. Npm is just a headache in windows.

[SoulFireMage]

This is 100% why I have Claude code and not also Gemini Cli. Node is insanely troublesome by comparison. Won't work right on windows AND even when I get it right a week later dies it's absolutely awful.

It's better on Linux but still has insanely annoying ownership nonsense.

Whereas Claude code when that became native? Has worked for weeks and weeks - zero problems.

So for me npm required = hard no. I got truly sick of how often I fought I with it.

[puremachinery]

Same, npm is trash, and the frequency of security incidents is ridiculous.

[tuapuikia]

I run my gemini cli from container. No npm, no npx. Just docker and sandbox :)

Sorry if you don't have docker on your system