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The Story Behind import antigravity

If you open a Python terminal right now and type two words, you'll be redirected to XKCD. But in Google's new IDE, it does something else entirely.

The Original XKCD Joke

In 2007, Randall Munroe published XKCD #353. It showed a character flying simply because he learned Python.

The Python core developers loved it so much that in Python 3.0 (released in 2008), they added a real module named `antigravity`.

import antigravity
# Opens webbrowser to https://xkcd.com/353/

What Happens in Antigravity IDE?

Google's new IDE takes this homage to the next level. When you type `import antigravity` in a notebook cell or the terminal within the IDE:

It unlocks "God Mode": The Gemini 3 context window momentarily expands to its full 10M token limit (normally capped at 2M for Preview users).
Secret Agent: It activates a hidden "Flying Agent" that can traverse your entire filesystem to generate a visual dependency graph.

Note: This is currently an undocumented feature in v0.1.2 and might be patched out.

Why "Antigravity"?

The name isn't just a reference to the comic. It represents the "weightlessness" of coding when an Agent handles the boilerplate.

Try it yourself

Download Antigravity IDE