Roo Code (now ZooCode)

Archived agent · community fork

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What it is

A Cline fork that added named modes (Architect, Code, Debug, Ask and custom personas) plus an Orchestrator that dispatched subtasks between them. Roo Code Inc archived the extension on 15 May 2026 and pivoted to Roomote, a hosted cloud agent. ZooCode is the community fork carrying the Apache-2.0 codebase forward.

Why it earns a slot

Its mode system is still the cleanest way to force an agent to plan as an architect before it writes code, with every prompt editable. If you want that workflow maintained use ZooCode; if you want the biggest ecosystem, go back to Cline.

Know before you commit

The original extension is dead — the repo is read-only and the marketplace listing is an archive. Do not start new work on it; upstream ships no security or model updates.

Getting started

Install 'ZooCode' from the VS Code marketplace

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Pricing snapshot

Free and open source (Apache 2.0) · BYO key

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Evaluate Roo Code (now ZooCode) (https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Archived agent · community fork. A Cline fork that added named modes (Architect, Code, Debug, Ask and custom personas) plus an Orchestrator that dispatched subtasks between them. Roo Code Inc archived the extension on 15 May 2026 and pivoted to Roomote, a hosted cloud agent. ZooCode is the community fork carrying the Apache-2.0 codebase forward.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): Its mode system is still the cleanest way to force an agent to plan as an architect before it writes code, with every prompt editable. If you want that workflow maintained use ZooCode; if you want the biggest ecosystem, go back to Cline.
Watch out for: The original extension is dead — the repo is read-only and the marketplace listing is an archive. Do not start new work on it; upstream ships no security or model updates.
Pricing: Free and open source (Apache 2.0) · BYO key
Setup: Install 'ZooCode' from the VS Code marketplace
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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