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Claude Code vs Roo Code

Honest breakdown of Claude Code (anthropic's official agentic cli for delegating coding tasks from the terminal.) and Roo Code (cline fork with custom modes, marketplace, and smarter context management.). Last refreshed 2026-04-30.

Aspect Claude Code Roo Code
Category cli extension
Pricing $20/mo Free
Open source No Yes
License Proprietary Apache-2.0
Models
  • · claude-opus-4-6
  • · claude-sonnet-4-6
  • · claude-haiku-4-5
  • · claude-sonnet-4-6
  • · gpt-5
  • · any-via-openrouter
  • · any-local-via-ollama
Integrations
  • · MCP
  • · GitHub
  • · Linear
  • · Slack
  • · Vercel
  • · Figma
  • · MCP
  • · OpenRouter
  • · Ollama
  • · LM Studio
Best for
  • · Senior engineers refactoring large codebases
  • · Agentic workflows
  • · Plugin authors
  • · Cline users wanting more flexibility
  • · Teams with diverse task types

When to pick Claude Code

  • · Senior engineers refactoring large codebases
  • · Agentic workflows
  • · Plugin authors

When to pick Roo Code

  • · Cline users wanting more flexibility
  • · Teams with diverse task types
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