Model Providers
The Roo Code VS Code extension is a capable coding agent, but it depends on LLM providers for the inference needed to complete tasks.
Other tools are intrinsically bound by design to a specific provider, forcing you to stick with them irrespective of how the landscape changes. Roo is model-agnostic, allowing you to choose the model that best fits your needs, according to your budget, skill profile, codebase, and more.
Roo supports connecting to a wide range of model providers, giving you flexibility in how you access AI models.
Learn how to set up your provider in the Roo Code VS Code extension here.
Provider Comparison
Here's every provider currently documented for the extension. Click for detailed instructions.
Overwhelmed by choice?
Yeah, it's a lot.
- Want access to many models? Try OpenRouter for a single API to 100+ models
- Want to optimize for specific models? Use the first-party provider for each of them (Anthropic, OpenAI, etc)
- Looking for local/offline models? Check out Ollama or LM Studio