Antigravity
Google's agentic AI coding IDE and CLI, built around Gemini models
Liked for fast coding with Gemini models,123 especially frontend work,456 and for running task lists unsupervised.78 The most common complaint is low usage quotas that can run out in minutes or a few prompts,9101112 along with bugs and disruptive updates.131415
Why people recommend it
Daily driver · 3
Some commenters use it as a main coding agent and find it comparable to Claude Code.
“I've used Antigravity as my main coding agent on one of my biggest projects for about a year. It's been great for me.”
“Antigravity is probably the best of the bunch I've tried.”
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“Google Gemini with Antigravity is a good product”
Speed · 3
Commenters say it is much faster than competing tools, which helps them stay in the flow.
“After getting frustrated with how slow Claude was on my personal projects, I switched to Google Antigravity and the speed difference is huge.”
“I've found good success with the new Gemini models on Antigravity.”
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“I like Antigravity a lot because it moves crazy fast for coding.”
Unsupervised workflows · 3
It can turn a list of tasks into a plan and carry it out without supervision.
“On Antigravity/Gemini, I can give it a big list-o-TODOs and have it make a very detailed implementation plan itself, carry it out, and generally do the thing, all unsupervised.”
“Antigravity started the workflow where you give a list of things to do”
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“Antigravity's /grill-me feature where it asks you a bunch of questions like a system/business analyst and gives you an implementation plan for review”
Frontend work · 3
Some commenters prefer it for frontend tasks, and one says it beats Claude Code there.
“I like using Antigravity for some of my frontend work, and I find it does a better job than Claude Code”
“Use Google Antigravity Pro for major frontend tasks”
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Gemini models · 3
Commenters report good results with Gemini Flash models inside the harness.
“I've found good success with the new Gemini models on Antigravity.”
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Browser testing · 1
The agent can test web pages in Chrome to find UI bugs.
“i still used antigravity for a while this year because of how the agent can natively try to test web pages using chrome”
Caveats and dissent
Low quotas · 3
Many commenters say usage limits run out quickly, and some compare them unfavorably with Anthropic's.
“it used up my weekly quota in 10 minutes without stopping or giving me anything useful at all”
“But they basically killed it on the pro plan. Very disappointed and upset today”
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“Google's quotas are crazy low compared to Anthropic's as of today”
Bugs and UX · 3
Commenters report bad code insertions, lost chat history, repeated permission prompts and an unusable desktop app.
“Antigravity is not a good product.”
“it keeps switching to "Always Proceed" (with a nice warning about how it is very dangerous). I have changed it 10 times then just gave up and switched to Codex.”
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“The desktop version was basically unusable, so I used the console one.”
Disruptive updates · 3
Commenters say updates removed VS Code extensions and made the product worse after a good start.
“Antigravity removed all the vscode extentions.”
“There was a brief period of time I was using Anti-gravity as my daily driver when they first introduced it and then they just completely screwed it up.”
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“There's your mistake right there. There is history. User beware.”
Account access · 3
Commenters describe entitlement, subscription and repeated browser login problems.
“still you won't be able to use even the free tier of Antigravity.”
“Launch it on an agentic task, it gets part way through and stops, asking me to subscribe.”
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“My Antigravity (forced) replacement for Gemini CLI requires me to log on via browser every time I use it, and my Antigravity IDE won't update at all”
Resource heavy · 1
One commenter calls it heavy on RAM and CPU.
Security refusals · 1
One commenter says Gemini in Antigravity refuses security auditing tasks.
“Gemini in Antigravity also refuses any security auditing task”
Often compared with
3 moved from Antigravity to Codex
1 moved from Antigravity to Claude Code
3 moved from Cursor to Antigravity
1 moved from Claude to Antigravity
2 moved from Gemini CLI to Antigravity
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Google Antigravity introduces Boost deep reasoning (/boost) 4 mentions
- Google's Antigravity Bait and Switch 4 mentions
- Gemini 4 Carbon 3 mentions
- Gemini 4 Argon 3 mentions
- Ask HN: What default model do you use and why? 3 mentions
- Ask HN: Suggest Google Antigravity Alternative 3 mentions
Also written as Google Antigravity, AntiGravity, Antigravity IDE. Data: antigravity.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 50
“Google tries to compete via Antigravity, but that also uses OpenVSX.”
“I’m using the default anti gravity setup.”
“it used up my weekly quota in 10 minutes without stopping or giving me anything useful at all”
“I’ve been using maybe 5-6 concurrent sessions and it’s largely fine”
“Both antigravity and agy are toys compared to what has been available for at least two years.”
“We used a hybrid workflow: Antigravity IDE paired with Jules”
“The extra baseline quota with Anti-gravity could be worth it.”
“primarily use Claude and antigravity”
“I used 50% in just one task(3d gamedev) on AI Pro in Antigravity desktop.”
“it’s about as heavy as antigravity”
“Just gemini as antigravity requires Ultra subscription to use it in that IDE”
“Then I found Antigravity, which apparently is Google’s alternative to Codex, and I installed it.”
“I built this using Antigravity and Gemini 3.8 Flash.”
“Antigravity made simple Blender-tool that rounds all edges in STL-file.”
“Dev guy here, so tailscale + Antigravity (+ GitHub).”
“I use agy and codex, and don't see strong difference in ui quality.”
“settle for such low standards of user experience it's almost pitiful”
“I use Antigravity”
“makes me yearn for agy again”
“so is the Antigravity harness”
“We use Antigravity for a few generative features”
“work with any harness like Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity”
“I have used codex and antigravity but not a huge fan of them.”
“On Antigravity/Gemini, I can give it a big list-o-TODOs and have it make a very detailed implementation plan itself, carry it out, and generally do the thing, all unsupervised.”
“I've used Antigravity as my main coding agent on one of my biggest projects for about a year. It's been great for me.”
“I used my NeXus workflow together with Antigravity to create a new version from the original footage.”
“I use 3.8 flash in Antigravity a lot”
“Gemini 3.8 + antigravity. Opus also in antigravity for harder stuff.”
“Gemini 3.8 flash via Antigravity desktop has been my daily driver”
“I've found good success with the new Gemini models on Antigravity.”
“still you won't be able to use even the free tier of Antigravity.”
“If so i'm definitely taking agy out of the provider options..”
“use it for chat, antigravity, and some other work automations”
“Antigravity is probably the best of the bunch I've tried.”
“I just stick with antigravity because it works for me”
“The desktop version was basically unusable, so I used the console one.”
“The codebot produces everything I ask”
“There was a brief period of time I was using Anti-gravity as my daily driver when they first introduced it and then they just completely screwed it up.”
“I know developers who use Antigravity and like it”
“The features you mention are in Antigravity IDE v1, which I am trying”
“the limits as absolutely abysmal when using 3.7 flash in antigravity”
“I like Antigravity a lot because it moves crazy fast for coding.”
“Antigravity started the workflow where you give a list of things to do”
“Antigravity is not a good product.”
“After getting frustrated with how slow Claude was on my personal projects, I switched to Google Antigravity and the speed difference is huge.”
“These week announcements are effectively Google doing a rug pull to its customers. Now simple changes cannot be done anymore within antigravity without it to consume its full quota.”
“But they basically killed it on the pro plan. Very disappointed and upset today”
“Antigravity removed all the vscode extentions.”
“I like using Antigravity for some of my frontend work, and I find it does a better job than Claude Code”
“Use Google Antigravity Pro for major frontend tasks”