# Obscura

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Obscura and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Obscura for multi-party relays that avoid trusting one provider, seen as better than traditional VPNs. The main caveat: critics call it overkill for simple no-log browsing.

## Why people recommend it

- Multi-party relays avoid single-entity trust (2 comments): "With Multi-Party Relays you no longer have a trust a single entity not being malicious or compromised." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49731458)) "Obscura by definition is the same or better than Mullvad because of the multi-party factor." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48627928))
- Seen as better than traditional VPNs (2 comments): "Obscura by definition is the same or better than Mullvad because of the multi-party factor." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48627928)) "Nym and Obscura make improvements on the traditional VPN." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323102))

## What people warn about

- Overkill for simple no-log use (1 comments): "That's really cool, but perhaps a bit overkill for the typical no-log quick access variant" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49812829))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Mullvad VPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mullvad-vpn.md): 255 recommend
- [Proton VPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-vpn.md): 63 recommend
- [iCloud Private Relay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/icloud-private-relay.md): 26 recommend
- [Cloudflare WARP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-warp.md): 18 recommend
- [Firefox VPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-built-in-vpn.md): 16 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://github.com/H4ckf0r0day/obscura)

## Cite as

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