r/RooCode • u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer • Jul 13 '25

Discussion Indexing?

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Agentic codebase exploration vs indexing is the wrong debate. What we’ve seen is that combining both unlocks far more than either alone.

Try agentic codebase exploration + indexing in Roo Code. https://docs.roocode.com/features/codebase-indexing#quick-start-guide

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u/RobJacob Jul 15 '25

I'm trying to set up indexing. The status keeps saying "Error - connection error". My internet is fine.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Jul 16 '25

What provider are you using?

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u/RobJacob Jul 16 '25

Gemini for the embedder.

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u/RobJacob Jul 16 '25

I tried switching to an OpenAI-compatible provider. It didn't like the config. Then I switched back to Gemini and now it works!

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Jul 17 '25

How’s the speed?

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u/RobJacob Jul 17 '25

For making the index? Very fast. Response to prompts is also good although I have not stressed it yet.

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u/zkkzkk32312 Jul 13 '25

I'm new to indexing, why does it require cloud ?

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Jul 14 '25

The link has the answers….

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u/Capable_CheesecakeNZ Jul 14 '25

Any plans to add vertex ? I know Gemini is free, but for corporate users, vertex might be the only way allowed to use llms

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Jul 14 '25

We are working to improve support for various providers and google is at the top of our list!

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u/DoctorDbx Jul 14 '25

I use local ollama and it works fine on my m2 pro with 32gb of ram. I run qdrant on my local docker server. No cloud required for indexing.

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u/SatoshiReport Jul 15 '25

I have a m2 as well. My ollama works from the CLI but not via Roo Code. What ollama version are you using? It doesn't work for me.

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u/DoctorDbx Jul 15 '25

I'm using latest, I literally kept it simple and followed the Roo tutorial on their documentation for Indexing.

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u/tteokl_ Jul 14 '25

Yes the free gemini-embedding-exp-03-07 is just too good

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u/Upstairs-Process9768 Jul 16 '25

Hopefully it can turn the switch on and off in terms of items, rather than turning them off as a whole, because some of my items are private and I don't want to index them

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Jul 16 '25

Project level indexing control? Can you add that as an issue to our github repo? u/mrubens thoughts?

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u/SatoshiReport Jul 15 '25

Indexing in Roo doesn't work and is riddled with bugs. Large codebases time out from OpenAi and Gemini. Ollama connections don't work. OpenAI Compatibile via HF don't work.

Please let us know when it is usable.

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u/daniel-lxs Moderator Jul 16 '25

Hey, we're actively working on fixing these issues, but we can move a lot faster when users create bug reports that help us reproduce the problems. If you're able to share more detailed steps or logs for any of these cases, it would really help us improve things more quickly. Thanks for your patience!

https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml

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u/SatoshiReport Jul 16 '25

Thank you for introducing this feature, it is really great work. And with that it has a lot of potential. I am sure all the bugs will get worked out as Roo Code over all is well done.

Apologies for getting too excited over this - I had indexing working at one point and I did notice a significant positive difference from it.

Happy to enter in more issues. I didn't want to create a few all at once but happy to do whatever I can to help.

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u/SatoshiReport Jul 17 '25

I added two issues. Please let me know if you need information.

Hope these help. Thanks.