# Gurobi

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Gurobi and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Gurobi as a top commercial solver for integer linear programming, often fast enough to solve hard instances in seconds.

## Why people recommend it

- Strongest commercial ILP solver (3 comments): "Gurobi is far better for almost every instance I’ve seen." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48881029)) "Gurobi is arguably the strongest commercial ILP solver" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958177)) "It is apparently best in class for lots of problems." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48879237))
- Fast on hard problems (2 comments): "I have problems that gurobi solves in 30 seconds" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48877961)) "Gurobi can solve it in about 30 seconds" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48883018))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Z3 SMT solver](https://hackerapproved.com/p/z3.md): 24 recommend
- [MiniZinc](https://hackerapproved.com/p/minizinc.md): 6 recommend
- [Google OR-Tools](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-or-tools.md): 6 recommend
- [OR-Tools CP-SAT](https://hackerapproved.com/p/or-tools-cp-sat.md): 6 recommend
- [JuMP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jump.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.gurobi.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Gurobi", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gurobi/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).