Adding a tool like Rojo to your Roblox workflow can be daunting, but it comes with some key advantages.

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## External Text Editors
Rojo opens the door to use the absolute best text editors in the world and their rich plugin ecosystem.

Some very popular, free editors include [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com) and [Sublime Text](https://www.sublimetext.com).

These advanced text editors have features like multi-cursor editing, goto symbol, multi-file regex find and replace, bookmarks and much more.

Many Rojo VS Code users also use extensions like:

* [vscode-rbxlua](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AmaranthineCodices.vscode-rbxlua)
* [Roblox Lua Autocompletes](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Kampfkarren.roblox-lua-autofills)
* [TabNine](https://tabnine.com)

## Version Control
By building your game (or just the scripts) as individual files on the filesystem, it becomes easy to start using professional-grade version control tools like [Git](https://git-scm.com) and [GitHub](https://github.com).

Hundreds of thousands of companies and individual developers use Git to version their software projects. With Rojo, Roblox developers can take advantage of the best collaboration tool around.

Using a repository hosting service like GitHub or GitLab brings powerful features to Roblox developers like code reviews and issue tracking that professional engineers can't live without.

## Other Tools
There are decades of excellent tools available that operate on files. With Rojo, it's possible to take advantage of any of them!

Popular tools include:

* [luacheck](https://github.com/mpeterv/luacheck), a static analysis tool to help you write better Lua
* [ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep), an extremely fast code search tool
* [Tokei](https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/tokei), a tool for statistics like lines of code