Roo Code Alternatives
Tools that add an AI coding assistant or agent inside the code editor, like Roo Code. On GitHub, Roo Code describes itself as: “Roo Code gives you a whole dev team of AI agents in your code editor.” Below are the 4 other open-source tools we track for the same job, ranked by live maintenance data from GitHub.
Short answer: Ranked by our health score from public GitHub data on 18 October 2026, the most actively maintained alternatives to Roo Code are Kilo Code (100) and Cline (100). Roo Code’s repository is archived on GitHub, so it no longer receives updates or fixes.
Should you switch from Roo Code?
Roo Code’s repository is archived on GitHub, so it no longer receives updates or fixes. Full Roo Code record
2 maintained alternatives to Roo Code, ranked
| # | Tool | Status | Health | Commits, 91 days | Latest release | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kilo CodeKilo is the all-in-one agentic engineering platform. Build, ship, and iterate faster with the most popular op… | Active | 100 | 6,533 +245% | 16 Oct 2026 | MIT | 27.7k |
| 2 | ClineAutonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant. | Active | 100 | 1,057 +15% | 17 Oct 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 70.5k |
Ranked by status first, then health score (0 to 100). Commits are counted on each project’s default branch; the percentage compares with the same 91 days a year earlier. Stars are bookmarks, not users.
Also in this group, but stopped or in maintenance
| Tool | Status | Health | Commits, 91 days | Latest release | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continueopen-source coding agent | Maintenance mode | 25 | 3 −100% | 19 Jun 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 36.2k |
| TabbySelf-hosted AI coding assistant | No recent commits | 7 | 0 −100% | 25 Jan 2026 | Custom | 33.9k |
These projects are archived, in maintenance mode or had no commits in the last 91 days. They may still work, but they are a risky choice for a new project.
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Roo Code alternatives: common questions
What is the best alternative to Roo Code?
No single tool is best for every project. By maintenance signals on 18 October 2026, the highest-ranked actively maintained alternative is Kilo Code (health score 100, 6,533 commits in the last 91 days). Compare features and the licence before you switch; we have not tested these tools ourselves.
Is Roo Code still maintained?
No. The Roo Code repository is archived on GitHub, so it is read-only and receives no new commits. Checked 18 October 2026.
Which Roo Code alternatives have a permissive licence?
Among the actively maintained alternatives, these use a permissive licence according to GitHub: Kilo Code (MIT), Cline (Apache-2.0). Always read the licence file itself before commercial use.
How are these alternatives chosen and ranked?
We list the tools we track that do the same job as Roo Code (AI coding assistants for the editor). They are ranked by maintenance status first (active, slowing down, stopped) and by our health score second. The score combines commit activity, the trend against last year, the date of the last commit, the last release and merged pull requests, all from GitHub. It does not measure features, speed, quality or security.
How this works: we group tools by the job they do and rank the ones we track with public GitHub data (commits on the default branch, releases, merged pull requests, archived flag, and maintenance notices in the README), refreshed automatically. We have not tested these tools ourselves, so the ranking says how well each project is maintained, not which one has the features you need.