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Roo Code

Open-source autonomous coding agent inside VS Code.

Categories
AgentIDE
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Source
Open core
Platforms
VS Code extension
Models
BYO key / model
Verified
Jun 14, 2026

VS Code extension that turns the editor into an agentic coder with real file-system access, terminal control, and multi-step task execution. It ships role-specific modes — Architect, Code, Ask, Debug, Test — each with its own prompt and tool permissions, and can hand off between them mid-task. Model-agnostic: connect any provider key, from frontier APIs to a local model, and pay only for your own token usage.

Pros & cons

  • Fully open source (Apache-2.0)
  • Custom role-based modes with own prompts
  • Model-agnostic, bring any API key
  • Direct file and terminal access
  • API token costs are on you
  • Autonomy needs careful approval review
  • Centered on VS Code and forks

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