IDE extension · discontinued
Roo Code
A discontinued open-source VS Code agent retained to document its shutdown and help existing users evaluate migration paths.
Visit Roo Code ↗Verified ·Aug 23, 2026
- Best for
- Existing Roo Code users who need a factual record of the former product while planning a move to a maintained agent.
- Avoid if
- You are choosing a new tool; the official extension and repository are discontinued and archived.
01 / Editorial view
Where it fits
Strengths
- Open-source historical implementation
- Broad provider and local-model support
Limitations
- Official development ended May 15, 2026
- The repository is read-only and no longer receives fixes
02 / Workflow
Surfaces and capabilities
- Autocomplete
- No
- Chat
- Yes
- Agent
- Yes
- Background agent
- No
- Review
- Unknown
- Testing
- Yes
Editors
VS Code, Cursor, VSCodium
Operating systems
macOS, Windows, Linux
Repository hosts
Unknown
Languages
Language-agnostic
Bring your own key
Yes
Bring your own model
Yes
03 / Cost and deployment
What it costs to run
Individual
The extension was free; users paid their chosen inference provider.
Team
Unknown
Enterprise
Unknown
The official extension shut down on May 15, 2026. Existing users need to migrate to a maintained alternative or community fork.
04 / Privacy
Data handling
- Code processing
- The extension ran locally while prompts and selected context followed the configured model provider; local models were supported.
- Indexing
- Unknown
- Retention
- Provider retention applied; the extension’s optional telemetry could be disabled.
- Training policy
- The archived project stated it did not train models on user data.
- Enterprise controls
- Unknown
05 / Evidence
Primary sources
- Archived Roo Code repository and shutdown notice ↗Checked Aug 23, 2026identity.status, classification, capabilities, deployment, pricing, models
- Roo Code privacy policy ↗Checked Aug 23, 2026privacy
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