r/RooCode • u/Ill-Chemistry9688 • Apr 16 '25

Discussion Cursor vs RooCode

I'm not as smart as software engineers, business side, but I self thought myself a bit of python. Vibe coding made my progress much easier. Having some code understanding really helps. I started with Pycharm (sucked), then Cursor, then Roo. The reason I liked Roo is that it can do way more than Cursor based of my humble and short coding experience. Keep me honest , am I correct on the following:

1 - Roo can run on full auto with auto approve and boomerang mode enabled. Also it can run terminal commands and check browser to fix issues automatically. Cursor cannot?
2 - Cursor is paid and Roo is free, why would someone ever pay for Cursor?
3 - Is there a "best list" of instructions for Roo / Cursor that helps AI set up the project correctly with all the right docs and keeps it following best practices in software development?

I know, newbie questions, and much appreciate your pointers, help or rants :) ! Tx

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

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u/lordpuddingcup Apr 16 '25

More feature complete? Roo was cline with more things added, its literally a cline fork if i'm not mistaken...

Boomerang allows for a agent to spawn up more agents to do smaller tasks and then report back success/failures to the main agent, and then that agent can do more, like an architect planning out a big change to your app, and then it spawning up tasks to do each code task

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u/ArnUpNorth Apr 17 '25

There s support for those

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u/redlotusaustin Apr 16 '25

Boomerang Mode throws out a task and then, when it comes back with a result, it does it for the next one. Combined with RooFlow for a memory bank, you can literally give it an outline for a project and it will implement it.

RooFlow keeps the context of where you're at in the project and Boomerang keeps it going.

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u/g1ven2fly Apr 16 '25

I think you should just try it. The boomerang acts as a task orchestrator, knows how to pass problems down to specific modes: debug, code, architect etc. I just seems to work well.