TrustedRouter
Ranked 7 of 12 LLM routers by recommenders
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.
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.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 53%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.1 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Open source, auditable code
“open source proof of confidential compute that we aren’t looking at prompts or output”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “Kimi K3 is now live” “TrustedRouter is hosted and full opensource”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813” “should use an open source one you can audit”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813” - Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “OpenRouter Is Having Issues”
- Comment from 22 Jun 2026 in “Sakana Fugu”
- Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to 'distill' frontier models, too”
End-to-end encrypted routing
“that’s why i provide end to end encrypted routing with TrustedRouter as well as a Trusted Cowork like product”
Comment from 27 Oct 2026 in “Is my data used for model training?” “my site TrustedRouter is hosted and end to end encrypted and you can actually see what it's doing”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Stripe Clinches over $7B Deal to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter” “a fully end to end encrypted open source version and hosted version of open router”
Comment from 30 May 2026 in “OpenRouter raises $113M Series B” - Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Openrouter Fusion API”
- Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Stripe Clinches over $7B Deal to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter”
- Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “My local model setup on an M4 Pro Mac Mini”
Keeps data from third parties
“a privacy protecting version of openrouter built by some pretty serious engineers”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Stripe Clinches over $7B Deal to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter” “a really simple way to use AI without needing to give your data to a third party”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “AI startup TrustedRouter raises $1.25M” “it's nice to see an actual privacy committment”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Openrouter Fusion API” - Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “OpenRouter Is Joining Stripe”
Verifiable confidential compute
“Importantly i have confidential compute so you can verify the end to end process of not logging the data”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: Would you pay for an AI API that guarantees zero prompt retention?” “open source proof of confidential compute that we aren’t looking at prompts or output”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “Kimi K3 is now live” “can send safely context if there’s confidential computing ala my site”
Comment from 27 Jul 2026 in “Kimi-K3 Releases on HuggingFace 6/27”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Privacy claims unverified
“There are zero guarantees beyond "trust me bro" that the inference provider isn't taking your prompts”
Comment from 31 May 2026 in “OpenRouter raises $113M Series B” “nothing about this addresses the compute running the models”
Comment from 30 May 2026 in “OpenRouter raises $113M Series B” Website looks unfinished
“TrustedRouter's website is full of slop, which does not inspire much confidence.”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “OpenRouter Is Joining Stripe” “the pricing page is empty or is that how it was supposed to look?”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “GLM-5.3 is now open-weight” Unclear what it adds
“Conclude that this is probably not a serious offering and bounce”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “GLM-5.3 is now open-weight” “how would such a service help with anything at all?”
Comment from 27 Oct 2026 in “Is my data used for model training?”
Other LLM routers people recommend
The four most recommended other LLM routers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | 666 | 321 | 67% | 13 | 6 mo8 owners | Approved |
| OpenCode Zen | 36 | 16 | 69% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Cortecs | 9 | 2 | 82% | 6 | — | — |
| Amazon API Gateway | 9 | 9 | 50% | 5 | — | — |
| TrustedRouterThis page | 8 | 7 | 53% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
38 of the 41 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“how would such a service help with anything at all?”
“that’s why i provide end to end encrypted routing with TrustedRouter as well as a Trusted Cowork like product”
“it's all transparent and on github”
“we have a popular sign-in with trusted router feature that lets people use their AI credits on other apps”
“"Router of GPUs" end-to-end encrypted”
“These are all on my router TrustedRouter, and more providers coming.”
“a really simple way to use AI without needing to give your data to a third party”
“the pricing page is empty or is that how it was supposed to look?”
“Conclude that this is probably not a serious offering and bounce”
“I used Trusted router as it is open source”
“so that you can easily be confident that there is always a fallback”
“Importantly i have confidential compute so you can verify the end to end process of not logging the data”
“TrustedRouter keeps the OpenAI API shape, so moving over means changing base_url and the key.”
“you've got some basic security holes and missing networking”
“It's a pretty slick system and if you're building on openrouter today and are worried about stripe integration messing up the product, this is a good option to consider.”
“TrustedRouter's website is full of slop, which does not inspire much confidence.”
“which is a bit cheaper and more private”
“a privacy protecting version of openrouter built by some pretty serious engineers”
“my site is the only end to end encrypted one”
“my site TrustedRouter is hosted and end to end encrypted and you can actually see what it's doing”
“trustedrouter/zdr gives that agent a ZDR-only model hop”
“should use an open source one you can audit”
“TrustedRouter is hosted and full opensource”
“min_privacy=zdr rejects the request when the model has no ZDR provider”
“can send safely context if there’s confidential computing ala my site”
“The repos have since been moved to BUSL-1.1”
“open source proof of confidential compute that we aren’t looking at prompts or output”
“is a good option if you want that to actually be the case”
“switching to my TrustedRouter.com”
“Proud trusted router user”
“if you want privacy and open source”
“I’ve also developed and open-sourced Mythos level model using fusion/synthesis on TrustedRouter”
“it's nice to see an actual privacy committment”
“launched open-source and end-to-end encrypted”
“There are zero guarantees beyond "trust me bro" that the inference provider isn't taking your prompts”
“Someone give this man one hundred million dollars asap”
“nothing about this addresses the compute running the models”
“a fully end to end encrypted open source version and hosted version of open router”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.