# TrustTunnel

5 Hacker News commenters recommended TrustTunnel and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a free, open-source VPN protocol with a clear spec that others can reimplement, useful for censorship bypass. Caveat: one report of clients stuck on connecting.

## Why people recommend it

- Clear spec others can implement (2 comments): "It should be easy to write an independent implementation based on this specification" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46713170)) "just did some spec reading, it's quite clear and nit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46720265))
- Open-source protocol and implementation (2 comments): "It’s great for you to open source the protocol and implementation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46716939)) "Very cool! Thanks for supporting open source" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46714275))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [WireGuard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wireguard.md): 315 recommend
- [OpenVPN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openvpn.md): 19 recommend
- [AmneziaWG](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amneziawg.md): 6 recommend
- [GotaTun](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gotatun.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

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