ContinuevsRoo Code
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Continue
Continue Dev, Inc. (acquired by Cursor) · IDE extension
#116OSSMCP
Panel
4.62 spec wins
- Reliability
- 4.5
- Usefulness
- 5.3
- Cost
- 5.8
- Longevity
- 2.7
“Acquired by Cursor in June 2026, so the open-source Copilot alternative now belongs to the closed-source one.”
Roo Code
Roo Code, Inc. (now Roomote) · IDE extension
#185OSSMCP
Panel
4.12 spec wins
- Reliability
- 4.3
- Usefulness
- 4.7
- Cost
- 5.5
- Longevity
- 2.0
“Shut down in May and archived, but the extension still runs, which is more than the paid Cloud tier can say.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Continue | Roo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | IDE extension | IDE extension |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | No | Yes |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | Yes | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp | Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, Ollama, LM Studio |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | YesStill works, but nobody at the vendor maintains it: Cursor acquired the company and the hosted services closed, while the open-source repository stays public and is still receiving commits. | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | byok |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| GitHub stars | 36,084 | 24,287 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Continue | Roo Code | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 5.0 | 4.5 | Continue — Nobody should start a new workflow on Continue; if you are on it, move to Cline this quarter and keep your config.yaml as a reference. |
| El Crítico | 4.3 | 3.8 | Continue — Unmaintained extensions rot against the editor API, so today's working install is a future update's broken one, and there is nobody to file the bug with. |
| El Profesor | 5.0 | 4.3 | Continue — A cleanly configured, model-agnostic assistant whose maintenance ended with the June 2026 acquisition; the design is reusable, the product is frozen. |
| La Inversora | 3.0 | 2.5 | Continue — Open source as distribution, a thin hosted layer as the business, and the acqui-hire ending in June 2026; Cursor bought the team and the repository went quiet. |
| La Jefa | 3.0 | 2.5 | Continue — Cursor acquired the company in June 2026 and the hosted services shut, so there is no counterparty for the questionnaire; fund the migration instead. |
| El Hacker | 7.3 | 7.3 | no preference |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.