Roo Code

At a glance

What Roo Code does

File edits, Terminal commands, Browser use, Multi-mode (Code/Architect/Ask/Debug), MCP, Custom modes, BYO model

Best for

Multi-mode autonomous coding agent with BYO model, code/architect/ask/debug modes

Works well with

Conflicts & caveats

• Roo Code runs as a VS Code-compatible extension — your IDE is Zed.
• Replit has its own built-in AI Agent — external integrations like Roo Code cannot run inside the Replit web IDE.
• Roo Code does not officially support Xcode. Use GitHub Copilot for Xcode or Direct API.
• Roo Code has limited or no official Android Studio support. Use GitHub Copilot or JetBrains AI Assistant.
• Lapce has a small plugin ecosystem; Roo Code may not have an official plugin yet.
• Positron is VS Code-based but tuned for R/Python data science — Roo Code may install but is not officially supported.
• Roo Code does not officially support RStudio — use direct API calls or the rstudio.cloud Copilot integration.
• Roo Code does not officially support Spyder — use the direct API.
• Cursor Mobile only runs Cursor-managed agents and background tasks — local-only integrations like Roo Code cannot run on the phone.
• Roo Code does not officially support Eclipse — Copilot, Tabnine, and Codeium are the main supported options.
• Roo Code does not officially support Apache NetBeans — Copilot and Tabnine are the main supported options.
• @codebase (Cursor) only works with Cursor built-in integration (yours is Roo Code).
• Continue's codebase indexing only works when the integration is Continue.dev (yours is Roo Code).
• Windsurf codebase indexing only works with Windsurf Cascade integration (yours is Roo Code).
• Aider architect mode requires the Aider integration (yours is Roo Code).