Roo Code Alternatives

Roo Code has been discontinued. Similar apps include Cursor, which has a free version. Other options are Emdash, Kilo Code, Cline and Qoder IDE. There's no shortage of AI Coding Assistants like Roo Code, with more than 25 alternatives for Mac, Linux, Windows, the web and iPad.

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  1. Claw-Coder icon
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    I built Claw-coder because I wanted a coding agent that could actually work with local models instead of relying entirely on a hosted model.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  2. Aura IDE icon
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    An AI coding harness that dogfooded itself into shape: Planner/Worker agents, repo awareness, surgical edits, validation, recovery, and safe diff approvals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. Open Claude icon
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    A coding-agent CLI for OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama, Codex, GitHub Models, and 200+ models via OpenAI-compatible APIs.

    9 Open Claude alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • npm
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
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  4. Frontman is an AI Agent that lives in your browser, sees your live DOM, and turns your visual feedback into real changes - no more refresh-and-check cycles.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Next.js
    • Wordpress
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  5. bolt.diy icon
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    bolt.diy, the official open source version of Bolt.new (previously known as oTToDev and bolt.new ANY LLM), which allows you to choose the LLM that you use for each prompt!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  6. Bolt AI icon
     1 like

    Bolt AI is a cutting-edge AI website designer that builds stunning, high-performing sites in minutes. It combines intelligent design, responsive layouts, and seamless user experience to match your brand.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Qödiak icon
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    AI-powered no-code app builder — describe what you want in plain English and get a complete working app with authentication, admin panels, and AI chatbot in 60 seconds. Uses 60+ pre-tested components instead of generating raw code, which results in instantly usable websites and forms.

    111 Qödiak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. Tiny, open, native coding agent. A minimal CLI written in Zig, optimized for research and embeddability as part of larger systems.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
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  9. Tatastu icon
     1 like

    Tatastu is the friendly desktop app for building with Claude. It is the visual home for Claude Code and a calmer alternative to editors like Cursor, made for people new to coding or who just want it to feel simple.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. Verdent icon
     1 like

    Agentic AI coding suite with multiple parallel agents for planning, coding, verifying, and orchestrating complex software tasks.

    59 Verdent alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • JetBrains IDE
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Windows
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  11. nao icon
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    An AI-powered IDE for data teams that connects directly to your data warehouse to write SQL, Python, and dbt workflows with full schema context.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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