Unlock Your Coding Potential: Google Launches Free AI Coding Assistant with Generous Usage Limits!

On Tuesday, Google unveiled Gemini Code Assist for Individuals, a free AI tool that helps with coding. They also launched Gemini Code Assist for GitHub, which automatically checks code for bugs and suggests fixes right in GitHub.

With Code Assist for Individuals, developers can chat naturally with an AI that understands and modifies their code. It’s similar to GitHub’s Copilot, allowing it to fix bugs, finish code snippets, or clarify confusing parts of the code.

This new tool uses an updated version of Google’s Gemini 2.0 AI, specifically adjusted for coding tasks. It can connect with popular coding platforms like VS Code and JetBrains, and supports multiple programming languages.

Code Assist for Individuals stands out with 180,000 code completions per month, which is significantly more than the free GitHub Copilot’s 2,000. It also offers 240 chat requests a day, well above the limits of its competitor.

This tool’s model can process a vast amount of information, with a 128,000-token context window, allowing it to understand more complex code in one go.

Developers can start using the free public preview of Gemini Code Assist for Individuals now.

Gemini Code Assist for GitHub automatically reviews pull requests, looking for bugs and making helpful suggestions.

These tools mark Google’s push to compete with Microsoft and GitHub in developer resources. Google recently brought in Ryan Salva, a former leader from the GitHub Copilot team, to focus on improving its developer tools.

Google aims to attract new developers with this free offering, hoping many will eventually opt for paid enterprise plans. They’ve been selling Gemini Code Assist to businesses for about a year now, and future plans include integration with popular tools like GitLab and Google Docs, along with more features for businesses, such as audit logs and private repository customization.