# TrustedRouter Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/trustedrouter/ 7 people recommended TrustedRouter in Hacker News comments and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 18 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Hosted, open-source OpenRouter alternative that promises end-to-end encryption and confidential compute, so prompts stay private. Critics say its privacy claims are unproven and the site looks unfinished. Summary written by Claude from 38 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Open source, auditable code (6 comments in the sample): "open source proof of confidential compute that we aren’t looking at prompts or output" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48940639)) "TrustedRouter is hosted and full opensource" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49281249)) "should use an open source one you can audit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49284043)) - End-to-end encrypted routing (6 comments in the sample): "that’s why i provide end to end encrypted routing with TrustedRouter as well as a Trusted Cowork like product" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261048)) "my site TrustedRouter is hosted and end to end encrypted and you can actually see what it’s doing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49327057)) "a fully end to end encrypted open source version and hosted version of open router" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48339708)) - Keeps data from third parties (4 comments in the sample): "a privacy protecting version of openrouter built by some pretty serious engineers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336719)) "a really simple way to use AI without needing to give your data to a third party" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49510299)) "it's nice to see an actual privacy committment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543715)) - Verifiable confidential compute (2 comments in the sample): "Importantly i have confidential compute so you can verify the end to end process of not logging the data" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49467574)) "can send safely context if there’s confidential computing ala my site" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49070528)) ## What people warn about - Privacy claims unverified (2 comments in the sample): "There are zero guarantees beyond "trust me bro" that the inference provider isn't taking your prompts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48348324)) "nothing about this addresses the compute running the models" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341692)) - Website looks unfinished (2 comments in the sample): "TrustedRouter's website is full of slop, which does not inspire much confidence." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365751)) "the pricing page is empty or is that how it was supposed to look?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49482618)) - Unclear what it adds (2 comments in the sample): "Conclude that this is probably not a serious offering and bounce" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49482102)) "how would such a service help with anything at all?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50264788)) ## Other LLM routers people recommend - [OpenRouter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openrouter/): 461 recommend, 126 mixed, 282 criticize - [OpenCode Zen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/opencode-zen/): 33 recommend, 2 mixed, 15 criticize - [Cortecs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cortecs-ai/): 9 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize - [EUrouter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eurouter/): 5 recommend, 1 mixed, 6 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://trustedrouter.com/) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "TrustedRouter", https://hackerapproved.com/p/trustedrouter/ (7 recommend, 0 mixed, 7 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.