Roo Code (sunsetting May 15, 2026)
Open-source AI dev-team extension for VS Code (1.55M installs, 23.8k GitHub stars). **Discontinued: all Roo Code products — Extension, Cloud, and Router — shut down on May 15, 2026** with refunds for unused balances. The team recommends migrating to Cline (open-source extension) or to their next project, roomote.dev. We keep the entry indexed for users searching 'Roo Code alternative'.
Overview
Open-source AI dev-team extension for VS Code (1.55M installs, 23.8k GitHub stars). Discontinued: all Roo Code products — Extension, Cloud, and Router — shut down on May 15, 2026 with refunds for unused balances. The team recommends migrating to Cline (open-source extension) or to their next project, roomote.dev. We keep the entry indexed for users searching 'Roo Code alternative'.
Stack & relationships
How Roo Code (sunsetting May 15, 2026) relates to other entries in the catalog — recommended pairings, alternatives, dependencies, and edges to avoid. Each edge carries a one-line operator note from our editorial team.
Pros
- Diff-based editing saves tokens
- Multi-mode workflows
- Active fork
Cons
- Smaller community than upstream Cline
Compatibility
| Operating systems | macOS Linux Windows |
| GPU backends | n/a |
| License | Open source · free (BYO API key) |
Runtime health
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Release cadence
Derived from the most recent editorial signal on this row.
28 days since last refresh · source: lastUpdated
Benchmark freshness
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No editorial benchmarks for this runtime yet.
Community reproduction
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