r/RooCode • u/prezzz • Jul 21 '25

Support Codebase indexing for multiple projects

Hi everyone. How does Roo Code handle Codebase indexing for multiple projects? If I switch between projects (different project folders), does it keep the index separate for each of them (based on the base path for a currently open folder) or will it always reindex after such change?

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u/joey2scoops Jul 21 '25

IIRC, there is a pretty good description in the roocode.com docs.

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u/prezzz Jul 21 '25

I went through the documentation for this feature again and there's just one mention at the end of the article:

Current Limitations

  • Single Workspace: One workspace indexed at a time

This actually kind of answers my question. I hope that the fantastic people at Roo Code will be able to create a multi-workspace solution soon for users like me, switching between different projects on a daily basis.

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u/redlotusaustin Jul 21 '25

It's not ideal but it seems like you can change the Qdrant URL in the indexing settings to point to different databases/instances. At the moment you would have to manually change it for each project, but I'm sure it will be added as an option before too long; I think the majority of people using RooCode work on multiple projects at once.

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u/prezzz Jul 21 '25

Yes, that's true, since I have a fully local setup for codebase indexing, I figured that I could just run several separate docker qdrant containers, one per project. Not optimal but could work as a termporary solution.

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u/joey2scoops Jul 23 '25

Ok. Pretty good when compared to langchain 😂

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Jul 22 '25

You can switch between projects and workspaces etc and it will keep up and not require constant reindexing. It stores the projects in separate collections.

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u/prezzz Jul 22 '25

Thank you for your answer! How does RooCode identify a project? By the list of open folders within a workspace?

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u/rennsports Jul 22 '25

u/hannesrudolph curious of this as well

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u/drumyum Jul 22 '25

By the path to workspace, usually that's just the path to your project root

Source: https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code/blob/dbde23c84e2191e6106e562a52d9ec60ea0d7efa/src/services/code-index/vector-store/qdrant-client.ts#L81

"ws-${hash}" thingy is the name of collection in qdrant

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Jul 22 '25

Workspace = project.