Roo CodevsSweep
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Roo Code
Roo Code, Inc. (now Roomote) · IDE extension
#185OSSMCP
Panel
4.110 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.”
Sweep
Sweep AI · IDE extension
#228MCP
Panel
4.20 spec wins
- Reliability
- 4.0
- Usefulness
- 4.0
- Cost
- 5.0
- Longevity
- 3.7
“Started as an open-source GitHub bot and became a JetBrains plugin with proprietary models, which is a pivot in the geometric sense.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Roo Code | Sweep |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | No |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | Yes | No |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | No |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, Ollama, LM Studio | Sweep proprietary models |
| Bring your own model | Yes | No |
| Local models | Yes | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | subscription |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $10/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Bring your own key | Yes | No |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Sweep Enterprise Edition License (MIT for free parts) |
| GitHub stars | 24,287 | 7,709 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Roo Code | Sweep | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 4.5 | 5.0 | Sweep — Pick Sweep if you live in IntelliJ or PyCharm and want fast next-edit autocomplete; pick Junie if you want JetBrains' own agent in the same editor. |
| El Crítico | 3.8 | 4.5 | Sweep — The open-source GitHub bot Sweep was known for is gone; what is sold is a JetBrains plugin on proprietary models with no terminal, no git operations and no model choice. |
| El Profesor | 4.3 | 4.5 | Sweep — Sweep claims millisecond next-edit completions from proprietary models and publishes no evaluation; the agent, lacking a terminal, has no execution-based verification loop to assess. |
| La Inversora | 2.5 | 4.0 | Sweep — Sweep is the open-source-without-a-business-model story that found one by pivoting into a niche, and the niche's landlord, JetBrains, now sells its own agent. |
| La Jefa | 2.5 | 4.0 | Sweep — No enterprise tier, no SSO, no self-hosted option and no CI mode on the pricing page, from a vendor that has already changed products once; not yet. |
| El Hacker | 7.3 | 3.0 | Roo Code — Archived, but Apache-2.0, so the fork lives; ZooCode is where I would point my config, and the config barely changes. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.