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Roo Code
Popular Cline fork VS Code extension with custom modes (Architect, Code, Debug, Orchestrator); shut down in May 2026 as the team pivoted to Roomote.
github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-CodeChanged direction
Docs: "The Roo Code Extension was shut down on May 15th" (2026); final release v3.54.0 on 2026-05-15 and repo archived. roocode.com now 301-redirects to roomote.dev, the team's source-available, self-hosted PR-producing agent. Docs point users to ZooCode (community fork) or Cline. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Coding agents
Where it stands apart
- Is it actively maintained? active, but changed direction (pivot, fork, or rename) (5% of 21 others)
- Where do you primarily use it? extension inside an existing IDE (19% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- How is the main thing licensed? permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) (52% of 21 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? company with a paid product, tier, or ads (71% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (52% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? developers (95% of 21 others)
- How does finished work usually come back to you? edits in your local working tree while you watch (52% of 21 others)
- Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) (67% of 21 others)
- Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? yes, documented (67% of 21 others)
- Where do the commands it runs execute by default? on your machine with your user's permissions (86% of 21 others)
- Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? yes (95% of 21 others)
- Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? yes, alongside its own file (52% of 21 others)
- When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? with your own API key or local model (the tool itself is free) (52% of 21 others)
Not documented
The public sources we read don't say:
- Do you need an account to use it?
Nearest neighbors
- Continue 94% of 16 shared answers match
- Cline 88% of 16 shared answers match
- Crush 81% of 16 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | stands apart active, but changed direction (pivot, fork, or rename) | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) Apache-2.0 | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | company with a paid product, tier, or ads Roo Code Inc. had Roo Code Cloud; now sells Roomote. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | Not documented README says extension was shut down May 15; not usable. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | MCP (Model Context Protocol) MCP plus AGENTS.md; .roo/rules and modes its own. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you primarily use it? | stands apart extension inside an existing IDE | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does finished work usually come back to you? | edits in your local working tree while you watch | source 2026-10-25 |
| Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. | any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) "dozens of providers and hundreds of models". | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? | yes, documented | source 2026-10-25 |
| Out of the box, does it ask you before editing files or running shell commands? | asks before edits and before commands "Out-of-the-box, the extension will ask for your permission to do everything." | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where do the commands it runs execute by default? | on your machine with your user's permissions | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? | yes, alongside its own file AGENTS.md auto-loaded by default plus .roo/rules. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? | no | source 2026-10-25 |
| When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? | with your own API key or local model (the tool itself is free) | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · roocodeinc.github.io/Roo-Code/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · roocodeinc.github.io/Roo-Code/features/custom-instructions · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · roocodeinc.github.io/Roo-Code/providers/ollama · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · roomote.dev/ · read 2026-10-25
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