Roomote is a self-hostable cloud coding agent from the Roo Code team. You assign it engineering work from chat apps such as Slack, Teams, Telegram, or Discord, or from its web UI, and it codes in an isolated sandbox, then opens a pull request with screenshots and a live preview link.[1][2]
Quick verdict
Roomote suits teams that want to assign coding work from chat and get back reviewed pull requests while keeping the agent on their own infrastructure. Its tradeoff is operational: you gain single-tenant control and model choice, but you own the sandbox backends. Self-hosting is free up to 10 users with Cloud from $49 per month.[1][2]
What Roomote can do
Chat-assigned coding tasks Assign coding work from Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, Discord, or the web UI. Tasks can also arrive through issue triage via GitHub Issues, Linear, or Jira.[1]
Isolated per-task sandboxes Each task runs in its own throwaway sandbox with your full repository, keeping agent work separated from local development environments.[1]
Pull requests with evidence Completed work returns as a pull request with screenshots and a live preview URL, so reviewers can see what changed before merging.[1]
Bring your own models Run user-chosen models by connecting a ChatGPT subscription or bringing your own provider keys, including mixing models.[1][2]
Five git forges Connects GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket repositories.[1]
OAuth MCP server An OAuth MCP server lets OAuth-capable clients such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor start and continue sessions and steer delegated tasks.[1]
Self-host or Cloud deployment Deploy on your own server with the installer script, use Railway, Render, Coolify, or Fly.io templates with Docker, or sign up for Roomote Cloud.[1][2]
Source-available license Source-available under Fair Core License 1.0 with Apache 2.0 as the future license, free self-hosted for up to 10 users. Enterprise contact covers SSO, custom SLAs, and dedicated support.[1][2]
Who Roomote fits
Teams that want asynchronous coding tasks completed from chat apps, with the task-to-pull-request loop handled by the agent.[1]
Organizations that want to self-host an AI coding agent as a single tenant on their own infrastructure rather than sending code to a vendor cloud.[1][2]
Teams spread across several git forges, or standardizing on their own model keys, that want one agent covering GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket.[1]
Limits and unknowns
Setup effort is unknown: no hands-on install was performed, so the vendor claim of minutes-long setup is a claim, not an observed difficulty. Budget real setup and sandbox-backend time.[1]
Data regions and residency are undocumented. Single-tenant self-hosting is the evidenced control; teams with region requirements should confirm them before adopting.[1]
Offline use is unknown. Roomote requires model providers and sandbox backends, and no offline statement was found, so always-connected operation should be assumed.[1]
No acquisition, sponsorship, or implementation-language evidence was observed. The vendor presents as Roo Code Inc with recent v1.13 and v1.14 releases and no deprecation notice; silence on the rest means unknown, not a negative finding.[1][2]
Compatibility and alternatives
Works with GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket. Teams on one of these forges connect directly; other hosting is not documented.[1]
Takes input from Slack, Teams, Telegram, Discord, the web UI, and issue trackers including GitHub Issues, Linear, and Jira, and is steerable from MCP-capable coding clients.[1]
Pullfrog is an editorial competitor inference, not a vendor-endorsed alternative: both automate issue-to-pull-request work with coding agents, but Roomote is multi-forge and chat-driven with self-hosted sandboxes while Pullfrog is scoped to GitHub Actions.[1]
Questions worth asking
Is Roomote a good alternative for non-technical users?
Roomote needs engineering review at the pull request stage. Chat assignment lowers the barrier to starting work, but the output is code in a sandbox that returns a pull request with screenshots and a preview link, so a team still needs someone able to review and merge code.[1]
Can I use Roomote without writing code?
No. Roomote is a coding agent: it writes code in an isolated sandbox and opens pull requests. You can assign work from chat apps or the web UI without writing code yourself, but the result is a code change, not a no-code deliverable.[1]
What does Roomote cost per month?
Self-hosting is free for up to 10 users. Paid self-hosted licenses cover 11 to 100 users, and Roomote Cloud tiers start from $49 per month. Prices were observed on 2026-10-12 in the README; confirm current pricing before budgeting.[1]
Can I self-host Roomote?
Yes. Roomote documents self-hosting on your own server via an installer script, plus Railway, Render, Coolify, and Fly.io templates, with Local Docker as a supported sandbox and runtime path. Roomote Cloud is the hosted alternative. Data regions and residency lists are not documented, so region requirements remain unknown.[1][2]
Sources and editorial review
Source research. Reviewed on October 12, 2026. Written by Sanjib Sah. AI assisted; reviewed by a human editor.
We have not run or tested this product.
- RooCodeInc/Roomote on GitHub
official · Observed October 12, 2026
GitHub repo page for RooCodeInc/Roomote, tagged as your own cloud coding agent; shows an actively maintained repo with recent v1.13/v1.14 releases and no deprecation notice.
- Roomote README
official · Observed October 12, 2026
Official README: full-stack chat-driven cloud coding agent in throwaway sandboxes; ChatGPT-subscription or BYOK models; GitHub/GitLab/Gitea/Azure/Bitbucket repos; Slack/Teams/Telegram/Discord plus web UI; OAuth MCP server; Railway/Render/Coolify/Fly.io/self-host deploys; Fair Core License 1.0 free to 10 users, Cloud from $49/mo, enterprise SSO/SLA/support.
- Roomote official site
official · Observed October 12, 2026
Official site roomote.dev by the creators of Roo Code: cloud coding agent you own, self-hosted or Cloud, BYOK model mixing, chat-driven automations, parallel tasks, live previews, deployment choice, Cloud login and try-free actions.
- Roomote LICENSE
official · Observed October 12, 2026
License text: Fair Core License 1.0 ALv2 future license, copyright 2026 Roo Code Inc, source-available with 10-user free band context from README, irrevocable future grant under Apache 2.0 on the second anniversary.
Compared with these products
No explicit proprietary baseline is recorded.