What is this?
Roo Code was a VS Code extension that put a team of AI agents directly inside your editor to generate code, refactor and debug, write documentation, answer questions about your codebase, and automate repetitive tasks.
Roo Code was a VS Code extension that put a team of AI agents directly inside your editor to generate code, refactor and debug, write documentation, answer questions about your codebase, and automate repetitive tasks.Is this a VS Code extension or a standalone app?It was a VS Code extension, not a separate app, that added several AI-assisted 'Modes' (Code, Architect, Ask, Debug, and Custom) right inside the editor.
It was a VS Code extension, not a separate app, that added several AI-assisted 'Modes' (Code, Architect, Ask, Debug, and Custom) right inside the editor.Can I still install and use Roo Code?No — the Roo Code extension was shut down on May 15th and is no longer available to install or use; the official guidance is to switch to a fork or the project it originated from.
No — the Roo Code extension was shut down on May 15th and is no longer available to install or use; the official guidance is to switch to a fork or the project it originated from.What should I know before trying this?The whole product is discontinued: there is no active extension, no new development, and billing support is only for past paying customers with historical questions.
The whole product is discontinued: there is no active extension, no new development, and billing support is only for past paying customers with historical questions.What is ZooCode?ZooCode is a community-maintained fork of Roo Code that was started after the official extension shut down, aimed at keeping the same multi-mode AI workflow alive for existing users.
ZooCode is a community-maintained fork of Roo Code that was started after the official extension shut down, aimed at keeping the same multi-mode AI workflow alive for existing users.What is Cline and how does it relate to Roo Code?Cline is the project Roo Code originally forked from; now that Roo Code is discontinued, the README points former users back to Cline as an alternative.
Cline is the project Roo Code originally forked from; now that Roo Code is discontinued, the README points former users back to Cline as an alternative.What were MCP servers used for in Roo Code?Roo Code could connect to Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, letting its AI modes call external tools and data sources from inside the editor rather than being limited to built-in capabilities.
Roo Code could connect to Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, letting its AI modes call external tools and data sources from inside the editor rather than being limited to built-in capabilities.What are similar projects?continue, qwen-code, void, rocketride-server, cline, deepseek-harness-for-vscode, ordewell, DeepSeek-Reasonix
continue, qwen-code, void, rocketride-server, cline, deepseek-harness-for-vscode, ordewell, DeepSeek-ReasonixWhich topics is it in?vscode-extension, ide, multilingual, deprecated, multi-agent, agents, coding-agent, ai-agent, agent, mcp, ai-agents, apache-2.0
vscode-extension, ide, multilingual, deprecated, multi-agent, agents, coding-agent, ai-agent, agent, mcp, ai-agents, apache-2.0