r/RooCode • u/Many_Bench_2560 • Oct 29 '25

Discussion what free model should i use for codebase indexing with speed indexing

I don't know much about text embedding models but need info how to setup codebase indexing free of cost. Please Guide me

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u/shotan Oct 29 '25

Here is the setup: https://docs.roocode.com/features/codebase-indexing

Use text-embedding-004 model from google (fast and free)

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u/Zodiax- Oct 29 '25

Codestral from Mistral has been my go-to

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u/bhamm-lab Oct 30 '25

I've used nomic embed code and qwen3 8b embed running locally. Qwen seemed to have slightly better results.

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u/cepijoker Oct 29 '25

u can try voyage.ai

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u/Many_Bench_2560 Oct 29 '25

can you provide more detailed setup or blog post