Roo Code vs OpenCode for local LLMs? Need advice.
Hey everyone,
I'm doing some local vibe coding (Next.js/Supabase) and running models locally via llama.cpp. with QWEN 3.6 35B A3B , I'm currently torn between using Roo Code (Cline) and OpenCode, and I’d love to hear your experiences.
Roo Code looks amazing and I love the UI, but it seems super greedy with the context window. It tried to index way too much and instantly hit my token limit. OpenCode seems a bit more stable and conservative with tokens (lazy loading), but maybe I'm just not setting up Roo correctly?
For those of you running local setups, which one do you actually prefer for daily use and why? Is there an easy way to make Roo less context-hungry, or should I just stick to OpenCode?
Thanks!
Posted May 1, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC
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