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Roo Code
Roo Code shows up in 11 of 70 answers across the AI coding assistants category, landing an overall score of 7 out of 100. Claude rates it highest at 23, Perplexity gives it 4, while ChatGPT and Gemini score it 0. Its best showing is on "What's the best AI coding assistant for VS Code?", where it's named in 2 of 3 answers. It gets a single mention each for local/privacy use, whole-codebase agents, top 2026 tools, and value for money. It never comes up for reliability, testing, beginners, or pull-request review questions.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 23 | 50% of answers | #9.1 |
| Gemini | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Perplexity | 4 | 5% of answers | #3.0 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best AI coding assistant for VS Code? | 2 of 3 | #3 |
| What's the best open-source AI coding assistant? | 1 of 3 | #3 |
| What's the best AI coding assistant I can run locally for privacy? | 1 of 3 | #13 |
| Which AI coding assistant is best for professional developers? | 1 of 4 | #6 |
| What are the best free AI coding assistants? | 1 of 4 | #8 |
| What's the best AI coding assistant for a solo developer building a SaaS? | 1 of 4 | #9 |
| What are the best AI coding agents that can work across a whole codebase? | 1 of 4 | #9 |
| What's the best AI code editor right now? | 1 of 4 | #10 |
| What are the top AI coding assistants in 2026? | 1 of 4 | #14 |
| Which AI coding assistant gives the best value for the money? | 1 of 4 | #15 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What are the best AI coding assistants? | GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf |
| Which AI coding tool writes the most reliable code? | Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot |
| What's the best AI coding assistant for beginners learning to code? | GitHub Copilot |
| What's the best AI coding assistant for Python? | Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code |
| What's the best AI tool for writing and fixing React and Next.js code? | Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code |
| Which AI coding assistant is best for large codebases? | Sourcegraph Cody, Cursor, Claude Code |
| What's the best AI tool to review pull requests automatically? | CodeRabbit, Greptile, GitHub Copilot |
| What's the best AI coding assistant that works in the terminal? | Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Aider |
| Which AI coding tool is best for writing tests? | Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex |
| What's the best AI coding assistant for building mobile apps? | Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code |
In their words
- Claude“Roo Code — a Cline fork with more configuration options and modes.”
- Perplexity“Best for autonomous agent workflows inside VS Code: Roo Code or Cline”
- Claude“Cline (and its fork Roo Code) — The best open-source agentic option for VS Code.”
Closest rivals
- Roo Code vs Sourcegraph Cody7
- Roo Code vs Augment Code6
- Roo Code vs Devin6
- Roo Code vs Gemini CLI6
- Roo Code vs OpenCode5
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