TrustTunnel
Shares rank 4 of 5 VPN protocols by recommenders
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.
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.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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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
Clear spec others can implement
“It should be easy to write an independent implementation based on this specification”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “AdGuard VPN protocol goes open-source – meet TrustTunnel” “just did some spec reading, it's quite clear and nit”
Comment from 22 Jan 2026 in “AdGuard VPN protocol goes open-source – meet TrustTunnel” Open-source protocol and implementation
“It’s great for you to open source the protocol and implementation”
Comment from 22 Jan 2026 in “AdGuard VPN protocol goes open-source – meet TrustTunnel” “Very cool! Thanks for supporting open source”
Comment from 22 Jan 2026 in “AdGuard VPN protocol goes open-source – meet TrustTunnel”
Other VPN protocols people recommend
The four most recommended other VPN protocols, 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.
See all 5 VPN protocols, rankedWhat people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the client fails to connect to the server and remains stuck in a "connecting" state”
“just did some spec reading, it's quite clear and nit”
“The soluton in the post for VPNs as in "censorship bypass"”
“It’s great for you to open source the protocol and implementation”
“QUIC is not bad, but there are places where it either does not work at all or works too slow.”
“Very cool! Thanks for supporting open source”
“It should be easy to write an independent implementation based on this specification”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.