Roo CodevsTwinny
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
4.16 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.”
Twinny
twinny · IDE extension
#266OSS
Panel
4.00 spec wins
- Reliability
- 3.7
- Usefulness
- 3.3
- Cost
- 7.3
- Longevity
- 1.5
“It connects to eight different model providers and is itself no longer connected to anyone.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Roo Code | Twinny |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | No |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | No |
| 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 | any |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | free |
| Starts at | $0/mo | n/a |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 24,287 | 3,663 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Roo Code | Twinny | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 4.5 | 3.8 | Roo Code — Do not start on Roo Code; if you are on it, move to Cline or ZooCode this quarter and carry your mode configs with you. |
| El Crítico | 3.8 | 3.5 | Roo Code — The extension, the cloud and the router shut down on May 15, 2026 and the repository is archived, so every open issue is now permanent and the paid services went with it. |
| El Profesor | 4.3 | 4.8 | Twinny — Fill-in-the-middle completion paired with workspace embeddings built locally for chat context, a design predating tool use, which is why it suggests and never acts. |
| La Inversora | 2.5 | 3.0 | Twinny — There was never a company, and the maintainers explicitly moved to a successor project, so whatever value existed has already been transferred out of this asset. |
| La Jefa | 2.5 | 3.0 | Twinny — I cannot roll out something the publisher has declared finished, and there is no support channel, no maintenance and no security contact behind it. |
| El Hacker | 7.3 | 5.8 | 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.