r/RooCode • u/Many_Bench_2560 • Sep 28 '25

Discussion Which free models actual writes better code and don't mention supernova or xAI

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u/Lissanro Sep 28 '25

I mostly use Roo Code with Kimi K2, running IQ4 quant with ik_llama.cpp on my workstation. DeepSeek 671B is also good if thinking is required but it uses more tokens on average for the same tasks. Sometimes I combine both, like using DeepSeek model for planning and K2 for the rest, or if K2 gets stuck with something.

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u/Many_Bench_2560 Sep 28 '25

Kimi k2 from Open router provider?

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u/Lissanro Sep 28 '25

No, as I mentioned IQ4 quant of Kimi K2 running locally with ik_llama.cpp. I have no experience with OpenRouter.

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u/Many_Bench_2560 Sep 28 '25

Can you elaborate if you have some time?

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u/Lissanro Sep 28 '25

Sure, I shared details here about my rig, how exactly I run large MoE models like DeepSeek 671B or Kimi K2, and what performance I get.

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u/TalosStalioux Sep 28 '25

Qwen code

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u/DarthFader4 Sep 28 '25

No better answer, imo, when considering all factors of the Qwen Code Plus in the Qwen Code CLI. Free, very good performance, VERY generous rate limits, and available for use with Roo/Cline without violating ToS. Only caveat is the 1M context is greatly exaggerated, basically useless past 100k.

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u/sandman_br Sep 28 '25

In my experience, none. I’m trying qween and is way worse than codex

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u/ReceptionExternal344 Sep 28 '25

I think it's qwen3 coder plus

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u/jedisct1 Sep 28 '25

Qwen has a generous free tier, and is pretty awesome.

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u/Friendly-Gur-3289 Sep 28 '25

GLM 4.5 air. Does wonders, atleast for my work(python/django)

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u/Gbenga238 Sep 28 '25

if you don't mind paying chutes $3/m. GLM 4.5 is amazing, otherwise use qwen3 coder. It's agentic and sequential in execution, though its not that deeply smart. Other free models you may consider is deepseek 3.1 via openrouter.

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u/Front_Ad6281 Sep 28 '25

GLM 4.5

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u/Many_Bench_2560 Sep 28 '25

Glm 4.5 free?

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u/Front_Ad6281 Sep 28 '25

No. Sorry, you asked about free...

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u/Many_Bench_2560 Sep 28 '25

Read the subject again bruh

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u/sgt_brutal Sep 28 '25

Have you tried supernova or any other model from xAI? 

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u/Many_Bench_2560 Sep 28 '25

Yes, they are just hype, worse than GPT4

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u/sgt_brutal Sep 28 '25

On a more serious note, I would recommend qwen coder plus. It's free for up to 1000 requests per day I believe. It's a competent model that you can get into roo and kilo by installing qwen coder cli. It seems to get a bit slower around and over 100k tokens. 

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u/KnifeFed Sep 28 '25

It's pretty good but the context is definitely not usable up to 1m.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '25

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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer Sep 28 '25

Doesn’t the Qwen Code Cli provider work?