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pi vs Roomote
pi has 106,586 GitHub stars, 13,437 forks, 202 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Roomote has 244 stars, 48 forks, 225 open issues and last shipped yesterday. pi leads on adoption by 43,583% (106,586 vs 244 stars). pi is written in TypeScript under MIT; Roomote is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. pi has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, Roomote 20%. Roomote was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| pi | Roomote | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 107K | ★ 244 |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 48 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick pi if
- You weight community size — 107K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Roomote if
- You want the Roomote feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Roomote fits your workflow better
About pi
Pi is a modular agent toolkit written in TypeScript for building and running terminal based AI coding agents. It lives in the developer tooling ecosystem and provides composable packages for LLM integration, agent orchestration, and terminal UI rendering. The project centers on @earendil works/pi coding agent , an interactive CLI agent, supported by core runtime, AI abstraction, and TUI libraries.
About Roomote
Roomote is a source available, self hostable cloud coding agent written in TypeScript. It is a full stack application rather than an IDE plugin or a wrapper: you hand it a task in Slack, Teams, Telegram, Discord, or the web UI, and it clones your repository into an isolated sandbox, writes the code, runs the tests, captures a screenshot, pushes a branch, and opens a pull request for review. It lives in the developer tooling and AI assisted coding ecosystem, connecting to the chat, source control, model, and tooling services a team already runs.
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Frequently asked questions
Is pi or Roomote more popular?
pi has 106,586 GitHub stars and Roomote has 244. pi has the larger community by that measure.
Are pi and Roomote free?
Both are open source. pi is licensed under MIT, and Roomote has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between pi and Roomote?
pi is written in TypeScript and Roomote in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, pi or Roomote?
Choose pi if you want the larger community (106,586 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Roomote if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.