- ci: pin cross-rs to v0.2.5 in release workflow
- fix: verify SHA256 checksum in npm postinstall script
- ci: add cargo-audit workflow for dependency vulnerability scanning
- fix: auto-install binary on run if missing
- ci: add cargo-deny for license, advisory, and source auditing
- docs: update installation instructions to prioritize github releases
Google Workspace CLI by Google Workspace (GitHub org)
Open-source command-line tool (gws) for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat and other Workspace APIs with JSON output and 40+ agent skills; the README says it is not an officially supported Google product.
Agent tooling for cost, context and memory
New · Added to AgentGid on Oct 20, 2026Open source · Apache-2.0Free to start
Price
Free (OSS)
free and open source
Popularity
#28 in Agent tooling
Gid Score 40 / 100 · #28 of 63 ranked agent tools
Trend
Growing
usage up 10.0% over 30 days
Development
Quiet lately
latest 0.22.5, 6mo ago
Community
31.7K GitHub stars
28.3K package downloads a week
Usage data: latest readings Oct 18 to Oct 20, 2026, last checked Oct 20, 22:24 UTC. Date of each number
What Google Workspace CLI does
It is free and open source (Apache-2.0); you pay only for the models it calls.
Key facts
| Maker | Google Workspace (GitHub org) |
|---|---|
| First released | March 2026 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Rust |
| Open issues and PRs | 136 |
Pricing
Open source under the Apache-2.0 licence; check the website for any paid hosted plans.
, checked Oct 20, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Quick answers
- Free to start?Yes
- Open source?Yes (Apache-2.0)
- Closest alternativeOpenShell · all alternatives
Get started with Google Workspace CLI
| npm | npm install -g @googleworkspace/cli |
|---|
These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer.
Google Workspace CLI alternatives
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OpenShellNVIDIA |
77 | 118K | up 11.1% | up 351.6% | 16.7K+108/day | 0.1.48d ago | Free (OSS) | |||
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72 | 23M | up 5.6% | — | 61.6K+80/day | 1.104.4yesterday | Free (OSS) | |||
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NVIDIA NemoClawNVIDIA |
69 | — | — | — | 22.8K+9/day | — | Free (OSS) | |||
| 4 |
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64 | 9.5M | down 17.1% | up 17.7% | 36.1K+49/day | 4.64.02d ago | Free + $29/mo | |||
| 5 |
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64 | 2M | down 19.8% | up 0.3% | 193K+343/day | 2.11.04mo ago | Free + $16/mo | |||
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60 | 3.2M | down 14.5% | up 21.9% | 14.5K+22/day | 2.11.08d ago | Free + $150/mo | |||
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Ratings from people who use Google Workspace CLI
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Google Workspace CLI news
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17 agents added to AgentGid
Hindsight, Cherry Studio, Google Workspace CLI, Hypit, Cognee, GenOffice, Ego Lite, cc-haha, Hive, Moli, Vibe-Trading, MemOS and 5 more
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Google Workspace CLI downloads down 39% in a week
32.5K npm and PyPI downloads in the 7 days to Oct 15, against 53.1K the week before.
What changed: recent Google Workspace CLI releases
- chore: remove cargo-dist, use native fetch for npm installer
- chore: release versions
Earlier releases
- 674d53a: Fix Lint Skills CI job by installing uv via astral-sh/setup-uv before running uvx
- c7c42f6: fix: register script service and resolve test path validation errors
- 80bd150: feat(auth): use strict OS keychain integration on macOS and Windows
- ec7f56b: Sync generated skills with latest Google Discovery API specs
- 6a45832: Sync generated skills with latest Google Discovery API specs
- 0850c48: Add --draft flag to Gmail +send, +reply, +reply-all, and +forward helpers to save messages as drafts instead of sending them immediately
- ea0849a: Fix version-sync script and bump CLI crate version to 0.21.0
Google Workspace CLI popularity and usage data
Google Workspace CLI was downloaded 28.3K times from npm in the week ending Oct 18, 2026, down 50.0% on the week before and up 10.0% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 31.7K stars, 724 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.22.5, published Mar 31, 2026.
Download the raw daily series: google-workspace-cli.csv
Gid Score breakdown
Adoption32
Community63
Attention—
Momentum55
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
How fresh these numbers are
| Number | Latest reading | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Package downloads | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 20, 22:24 UTC |
| GitHub stars | Oct 20, 2026 | Oct 20, 22:24 UTC |
We fetch every source once a day. Registries publish downloads and page views a day or two late, so their latest reading trails the check. A reading more than 4 days old is marked out of date; the Gid Score still uses it until a newer one arrives.
Google Workspace CLI FAQ
How much does Google Workspace CLI cost?
Open source under the Apache-2.0 licence; check the website for any paid hosted plans.
Is Google Workspace CLI open source?
Yes. Google Workspace CLI is open source, released under the Apache-2.0 license.
How popular is Google Workspace CLI?
Google Workspace CLI was downloaded 28.3K times from npm in the week ending Oct 18, 2026, down 50.0% on the week before and up 10.0% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 31.7K stars, 724 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.22.5, published Mar 31, 2026.
What is the latest version of Google Workspace CLI?
The latest stable release we track is 0.22.5, published on Mar 31, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Google Workspace CLI?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Gid Score are OpenShell, LiteLLM, NVIDIA NemoClaw, Langfuse.
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Where these numbers come from
npm: @googleworkspace/cli. GitHub: googleworkspace/cli. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: developers.google.com, github.com, npmjs.com.