# JuMP

5 Hacker News commenters recommended JuMP and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free Julia package for building optimization models, praised for giving one standard interface to many solvers.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful for optimization in Julia (2 comments): "Optimization, specifically the kind that JuMP tackles, is another field where teaching is probably easier in Julia" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50052338)) "Yes! This is a beautiful use-case, thanks to JuMP." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49568220))

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## Cite as

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