# TRELLIS.2

27 Hacker News commenters recommended TRELLIS.2 and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Open-source image-to-3D model that people use to generate 3D assets with PBR materials, and run locally. Critics say it is hard to use and falls short of its demos.

## Why people recommend it

- High-quality 3D output (3 comments): "it seems Trellis 2 has higher quality and it also generates PBR materials and textures." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46320941)) "I experimented with it and the quality is surprisingly good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47411191)) "Its a step change in quality." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46319468))
- Free, runs locally without cloud GPUs (3 comments): "iterate locally without paying for cloud GPUs or waiting in queues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47830091)) "thats how I got Trellis2 working on windows and tiny VRAM" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49155495)) "Trellis is like a year old and practically free." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161608))
- Fits 3D asset creation pipelines (3 comments): "Trellis2 is very cool. Ive managed to put together a sdxl -> trellis -> unirig pipeline to generate 3d characters with mixamo skeletons that's working pretty well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46568037)) "there's also a huge huge opportunity in the TRELLIS.2 / Pixal3D space for quickly generating props and 3D assets" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49195633)) "All great for creation pipelines." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225567))
- PBR materials and clean topology (2 comments): "it seems Trellis 2 has higher quality and it also generates PBR materials and textures." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46320941)) "the PBR materials and clean quad topology are a clear upgrade" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47050674))

## What people warn about

- Results fall short of claims (4 comments): "The results from arbitrary pictures are not nearly as good as what's shown in the posting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46319477)) "Trellis isn't and has never been state of the art." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47158017)) "over-promise and under-deliver" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161592))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Meshy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/meshy.md): 13 recommend
- [Hunyuan3D](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hunyuan3d.md): 6 recommend
- [Tripo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tripo.md): 5 recommend
- [SAM 3D](https://hackerapproved.com/p/meta-sam-3d.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "TRELLIS.2", https://hackerapproved.com/p/trellis-2/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).