Flint vs Gemini Code Assist

Gemini Code Assist is a cloud vendor assistant. Flint is a desktop agent with access to your files, your terminal and your browser.

The difference in one line

Gemini Code Assist helps you write code. Flint takes a task, does it across files, runs the result and tells you what changed. Whether that is what you want depends on how much you would rather delegate than be assisted.

Where Gemini Code Assist wins

Tied into Google Cloud, with the scale of Google's models behind it.

Where Flint wins

It runs on your machine with real access, so nothing is pasted anywhere first. It is billed per token rather than per seat, so an idle month costs nothing. And it is built on Windows, which most agents treat as the afterthought platform.

What Flint is

A desktop AI agent for Windows, built in Auckland, New Zealand. It reads your files, runs your terminal and drives your browser. Billed per token with a free monthly allowance and no subscription. See pricing, the FAQ, or who builds it.