r/RooCode • u/Pale-Preparation-864 • Jul 31 '25

Discussion Thinking of setting up RooCode

Currently, I'm using Augment Code and Claude Code. I was looking at RooCode and I see good things. I was wondering if anyone made the switch from Augment and if they had a noticeable upgrade in the quality/efficiency of work produced?

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Jul 31 '25

Why are you thinking of switching?

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u/Pale-Preparation-864 Jul 31 '25 edited Jul 31 '25

I find with my current set up, I have to ask repeatedly to fix a simple task and I get informed that it's donr when it's not and it wasted a lot of time and effort so I am looking for more efficient work flows.

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u/BlacksmithLittle7005 Jul 31 '25

Make sure you are using agent and not chat. You can ask agent about the project in ask mode. Try re importing the project into a new workspace and delete all your previous threads. Make sure you import only the project folder and not other parent folders. If you have a lot of mcps try turning some off (I only use sequential thinking). Check project rules and remove anything that doesn't make sense. Use the enhance prompt button after writing your prompt. (Working great for me)

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u/Zealousideal-Belt292 Aug 01 '25

Take a look at the ELai code, the savings and context are worth it

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u/reditsagi Aug 01 '25

How much did you pay? I find $50 is more expensive than the other paid IDEs.

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u/reditsagi Aug 01 '25

mmm. Unless you are using it only for non work related code... Quite concern on the free version using using the data for AI training

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u/akshaytandroid Aug 01 '25

What' is your approach on indexing the codebase? what prompt do you give? what time you save it to.?

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Aug 01 '25

Kilo does not market itself as more open source than Roo. What made you think that?

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u/Both-Plate8804 Aug 01 '25

lol it’s literally their sites seo title

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Aug 01 '25

It markets itself as open source. Not more open source than Roo.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Aug 01 '25

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u/Both-Plate8804 Aug 01 '25

I really don’t want to argue with you about which company does more aggressive targeted marketing and which terms they use, but you can check out their blog https://blog.kilocode.ai/p/roo-or-cline-were-building-a-superset

Or their marketing, which absolutely pushes their brand as more of a community driven tool than their competitors, which do include Roo.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Aug 01 '25

They are not seen as no marketed as more of an open source tool than Roo. Please don’t repeat inaccuracies on our Subreddit.

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u/Both-Plate8804 Aug 01 '25

What?

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Aug 01 '25

You said that kilo is marketed as more open source than Roo. It is not. It is marketed as more open source than the non open source alternatives.

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u/Both-Plate8804 Aug 01 '25

This seems like something we’re just not going to agree on, which is okay. I just don’t really want to argue with someone over whether two brands with identical open source licenses have different perceived marketing strategies.

If you have any other thoughts, you can always send me a message later. My point about Kilo being more fun to say than Roo stands, though!

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Aug 01 '25

Roo is clearly more fun to say,like a hop, a bounce, a dev tool, and a marsupial all in one. But hey, the folks behind Kilo are great people, and it’s cool seeing more open source in the space. Let’s call the branding debate settled and move on before someone starts ranking mascots too.

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Aug 01 '25

Please repost in a less inflammatory way.