Mining Software reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 221 Reddit reviews across 15 subreddits and 59 posts to rank the best Mining Software brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/EtherMining, r/Ravencoin, r/cryptomining, r/dogemining, r/erg_miners. Top-rated brands include T-Rex Miner (4.2/5), Kryptex (4.3/5), T-Rex (4.1/5).
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Reviews221
Subreddits15
Posts59
Brands70
Products8
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#1
T-Rex Miner
4.2
(22)
"T-Rex Miner for RVN, Phoenix Miner for ETH."
"Best Nvidia ETH miner is probably TRex Miner."
"I stick with Trex for my Nvidia/gtx cards."
"T-rex does the job well for my 2 3080s."
"For 3000 series T-Rex is the best Nvidia miner by far."
"I used T-Rex to dual mine ETH and Ergo before in HiveOS, works fine no problem."
"For anything Nvidia which seems to be the majority of your cards use Trex for anything AMD use Teamredminer."
"I recommend T-Rex Miner as your mining software."
"Personally use T-rex miner for my 3080 LHR."
"Trex miner for nvidia cards, teamredminer for AMD cards"
#2
Kryptex
4.3
(18)
"Kryptex is king"
"I use Kryptex with my 3070 :) Gets around 150 USD per month."
"I use Kryptex with my 3070."
"I use Kryptex with my new 3070. Gets around 300 USD per month."
"I use Kryptex with my new 3070."
"I am running Kryptex with one 1080Ti."
"It's user-friendly for beginners and just as efficient for miners with significant hashing power."
"Kryptex is pretty good."
"I use kryptex and mine in cpu only but it does mine on gpu too, its a good software with not so much fees specially on usdt bep."
"Kryptex"
#3
T-Rex
4.1
(19)
"T-REX all the way!!"
"Trex because of good options to control the temperature"
"Trex for windows"
"I use Trex."
"T-rex is easy to setup. You install it. You copy a simple line where you add your address. Thats' it."
"Trex also shows less power draw, but when I'm checking at the wall, it seems to be the same between lolminer and trex."
"T-rex 0.24.2 stable"
"For windows, T-rex miner, for linux lolminer"
"Trex"
"T-Rex miner is your best option."
#4
NiceHash
3.3
(22)
"Try nicehash. It’s easy to use, pays in bitcoin, lots of resources, some good youtube videos."
"Nicehash worked for me so far. And it’s easy to start with it for a beginner."
"For a new miner on Windows - NiceHash. Otherwise Minerstat. Supports Linux and Windows."
"Or nicehash. It'll do really well."
"Sounds like you need to start with nicehash. That will mine whatever is most profitable."
"If you are using nicehash you already are mining etherium."
"I may be best to stay on Nicehash if the payout schedule is better."
"To start, just use NiceHash. It's very simple."
"I'd recommend nicehash for starters."
"Nicehash is easy setup and minerstat."
#5
NBMiner
3.8
(12)
"Nbminer"
"I had the best hashrates with nbminer on my 6800."
"You could try Nbminer or T-Rex with dual mining one of this pair: ETH+ERGO, ETH+RVN, ETH+CFX"
"My miner is NBminer, and I'm on Windows 10."
"I'm pretty happy with NBMiner."
"Nb will more often than not provide better results."
"I'm getting more hash rate from nbminer (59mh) than nano(58mh) personally from my 1070ti."
"I read/was told to pick nbminer for Nvidia."
"Nbminer is by far the one that my GPU runs most stable with."
"Nbminer or Trex is great."
#6
GMiner
4.0
(11)
"I just have switched to Gminer and as result my stale shares turn into below 2%."
"I use Gminer with MSI Afterburner. Does what it should"
"I found gminer good,"
"I think Gminer has some kind of bypass for LHR"
"If you want to mine ETH directly and are fine with it taking a while to hit your wallet without facing huge transactions costs Gminer is pretty good."
"Ravencoin kawpominer has 0% fee....so there's that."
"I use gminer."
"Gminer for me, I run 30x 3070 with higher clocks."
"I will be switching from PhoenixMiner to GMiner."
"Any Ampere owners using GMiner?"
#7
HiveOS
4.3
(8)
"The HiveOS UI and functionality is top tier for mining. Can't ask for much more. It's free for your first rig."
"HiveOS best one hands down."
"HiveOs uses a graphical UI and pretty easy to setup"
"HiveOS worked well on one PC."
"I use hiveos. I use gminer, teamredminer, trex, and phoenixminer depending on the gpu."
"I use hiveos"
"Hive allows for some easy setup + functionality once you get used to it."
"HiveOS is pretty impressive."
#8
LolMiner
4.3
(7)
"Lolminer's been proven to have higher hashrate at pool if you look to other sources where they tried to compare different mining softwares"
"Download lolminer and copy/paste the settings from Ethermine.org."
"Really easy with lolMiner"
"Lolminer. Every other mining software inflated HR like mad"
"LolMiner is very stable for me"
"Directly download lolMiner from his website and continue using your Ubuntu and only use the miner software"
"I'm using lolMiner to mine."
#9
Team Red Miner
4.0
(7)
"For that card teamredminer works good, also phoenix miner. Both miners work for amd cards (only use 1)."
"For 5700, Team Red Miner is ideal."
"Most recommend team red miner"
"Teamredminer is good for AMD cards."
"Hi using TeamRedMiner, I'm Dad! :)"
"I'm using TeamRedMiner. Works fine."
"Team red + binance pool and I can not hear my old cpu fan."
#10
XMRig
4.2
(6)
"XMRig is great and open source"
"Take a look on xmrig for Android"
"Sure , xmrig for Monero"
"Mine XMR with cpu and you can use XMRig with cuda to mine other crypto."
"For Monero mining, the popular choice is XMRig."
"XMRig can use huge pages on ARM, but you must set it up correctly first in the OS."
#11
Phoenix
3.4
(7)
"Phoenix got lowest fees"
"My hashrate went up by 8 mh/s and wattage dropped by nearly 100 watts."
"Everyone says teamredminer for amd but I found Phoenix to give me more hashrate stable 57.-57-7 mhs."
"I use Phoenix on a mixed AMD and Nvidia rig."
"Phoenix tend to overestimate its hashrate and caused some issues."
"I have been using phoenix for the last 2 weeks."
"Phoenix miner is not working properly because of kernel error."
#12
Bebomining
4.6
(5)
"Easy to use for beginner. Support multiple pools and mining software."
"Easy to use for beginner. Support multiple pools and mining software."
"Https://github.com/bebomining/bebomining . Easy to use for beginner. Support multiple pools and mining software."
"Easy to use for beginner."
"I would suggest to have a look at : [https://github.com/bebomining/bebomining](https://github.com/bebomining/bebomining) you can mine any coin you like."
#13
Minerstat
3.8
(4)
"I really like minerstat. One rig is free. Each additional rig is cheap."
"Minerstat is what i use for all my rigs."
"Minerstat looks promising.. a number of way to group ASICS."
"Minerstat"
#14
Unmineable
3.8
(4)
"I only know about Unmineable other than NH as it will let you use your mining power and get paid in any crypto currency."
"Look into https://unmineable.com/coins."
"Unmineable might be your best bet."
"Unmineable was the only one I could get working."
#15
Phoenix Miner
3.8
(4)
"I use phoenixminer works preety well !"
"Without DevFee Fee, more stability."
"Phoenix/TRex miner idk about pools."
"I don't recommend anything but I'm using Phoenix miner."
#16
CGMiner
4.0
(3)
"You must use CGMINER version 3.7.2 only."
"Cgminer or maybe BFGminer are your best bet."
"I use cgminer as it can still use GPU&CPU to mine scrypt sha256 & a few others I don't know much about those"
#17
BetterHash
3.3
(3)
"Betterhash , it picks whats most profitable to mine automatically. Doesnt get easier then that."
"How about Betterhash"
"You can withdrawal any of the coins from betterhash. That said, mining with them you do lose a good 10% daily vs pretty much all other pools."
#18
CcMiner
3.3
(3)
"Ccminer"
"Use Ccminer and pick a pool. Viabtc is good."
"I've used ccminer to play around with GPU mining LBC."
#19
T-Rex, Lolminer
4.0
(2)
"Lot of people say t-rex. Claim it shows the most hashrate. Although recently videos have shown tests where lolmlner in fact gives more valid shares and has a lower dev fee."
"T-Rex, lolminer ate good options."
#20
RaveOS
4.0
(2)
"RaveOS is pretty good and user friendly!"
"I use RaveOS. Can flash it to a thumb drive. You chose the miner in the setup. Has a phone app and you log in from any computer for a gui type experience."
#21
PhoenixMiner
4.0
(2)
"It's really, really not hard to configure it."
"Alternatively you can use PhoenixMiner."
#22
NB Miner
3.5
(2)
"Nb miner"
"NB miner, you can just set it to low hash rate mode."
#23
Hive OS
3.5
(2)
"Hive OS is a linux distro based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS."
"HieOS is totally fine, but no software can claim to be the best."
#24
Ethminer
2.5
(2)
"My rx Vega gets 36mh on ethminer."
"Had problems with ethminer, using t.rex now."
#25
Bitmain Antminer L3+
5.0
(1)
"I recommend the L3+."
#26
Nanopool
5.0
(1)
"Using nanopool, very easy."
#27
NSFminer
5.0
(1)
"Nsfminer has no fees. I’ve been using that on my non LHR cards."
#28
Braiin
5.0
(1)
"I really like r/Braiins pool. The oldest running pool in the world, you can use their BraiinOS on your miners to push the hash up or down, I love it."
#29
Motus Soarchain
5.0
(1)
"Buy a motus soarchain device (£80). Thank me later. Mining soar and dimo currently with my car. Got 17k usd out of the dimo miner."
#30
Scala
4.0
(1)
"You could try Scala (XLA) coin, it's on panthera algo."
#31
Mac Mineable
4.0
(1)
"MacMineable is amazing but has no GPU support yet."
#32
Folding@Home
4.0
(1)
"You can use the FoldingAtHome software to earn crypto while helping medical research."
#33
AMD Radeon 5700 XT
4.0
(1)
"What about 5700XT setup? Any recommendations?"
#34
MSI Afterburner
4.0
(1)
"Use MSI afterburner and Set fans To 65%."
#35
Ethereum
4.0
(1)
"I would mine eth and buy rvn."
#36
Softonic
4.0
(1)
"[https://en.softonic.com/top/mining-software-for-mac](https://en.softonic.com/top/mining-software-for-mac) [https://www.techradar.com/best/mining-software](https://www.techradar.com/best/mining-software)"
#37
2Miners
4.0
(1)
"Https://2miners.com/blog/best-ethereum-mining-software-for-nvidia-and-amd/"
#38
LOL Miner
4.0
(1)
"Lol miner supports AMD pretty well."
#39
Tari
4.0
(1)
"Check out Tari. It's still pre-mainnet but you can mine it using cpu and gpu."
#40
RainbowMiner
4.0
(1)
"Use rainbowminer, it will benchmark each miner and switch between them for max profitability."
#41
Prohashing
4.0
(1)
"Prohashing is a good stop to find a coin and pool to join"
#42
Ethermine
4.0
(1)
"Their Start Mining page lists a few at the bottom - [https://ethermine.org/start](https://ethermine.org/start). Try one of those."
#43
Foreman
4.0
(1)
"Something like https://foreman.mn is good."
#44
Bee Network
4.0
(1)
"Join by invitation and earn Bee for bigger fortune with one click."
#45
Nano
4.0
(1)
"I use Nano but was using NB earlier."
#46
Salad
4.0
(1)
"I’m running Salad right now. It’s pretty easy. Not ether but it actually is getting me a return which is nice"
#47
Hashbeat
4.0
(1)
"As far as crypto mining, I would use Hashbeat and YM Crypto, they are US based. Hashbeat is $2.50 a day and YM Crypto is $1.50 a day."
#48
Bitaxe
4.0
(1)
"The Bitaxe devices are around $150 each. I am going to get one. With that, you can mine anything on the coins SHA-256 blockchain."
#49
Gomining
4.0
(1)
"Gomining have been using it for years https://gomining.com/?ref=fIA-0"
#50
Rainbow Miner
4.0
(1)
"Try rainbow miner. It requires a bit more setup than the others, but it can give you solid results."
#51
MMPos
4.0
(1)
"MMPOS is a gpu mining Linux distribution managed by Dob Dobson. It has all the coins and all the applications for mining."
#52
Bz Miner
4.0
(1)
"Bz miner is sweet.... it does erg kas on nvidia as of a week or so ago"
#53
Cudo
4.0
(1)
"I used CUDO for several years (2016-2020). It mines altcoins, but pays out in bitcoin."
#54
Canaan
4.0
(1)
"Imo at this point your best bet dollar for dollar is one of the canaan offerings. the nano3s, Avalon Mini 3 or the new minerQ - pick the one that meets your budget/income requirements."
#55
Cudo Miner
4.0
(1)
"[Cudo Miner] or [NiceHash] are the easiest."
#56
Kawpow Miner
4.0
(1)
"Kawpow miner"
#57
Kallium
3.0
(1)
"Or use kallium."
#58
Ubmineable
3.0
(1)
"You’re not actually mining shib with ubmineable. You are mining some other token then they convert it based on your contribution."
#59
Nodle
3.0
(1)
"Nodle app"
#60
Nanominer
3.0
(1)
"Does anyone ever test nanominer too?"
#61
Bananovault
3.0
(1)
"You can install the bananovault wallet or use kallium."
#62
BTC Miner
3.0
(1)
"I do some passive mining using btc-miner."
#63
HIVE
3.0
(1)
"Ive been using HIVE for over a year, but I wouldn't suggest it to anyone mining on a personal PC."
#64
Verus Miner
3.0
(1)
"Verus miner But phone mining is not profitable"
#65
Scala XLA
3.0
(1)
"Check out Scala XLA you can mine it on your phone. I tried with 3 phones, it worked I made few cents but couldn't keep the phones cool."
#66
TRM
3.0
(1)
"TRM"
#67
Avalon Nano 3
2.0
(1)
"Avalon nano 3 maybe, but not even sure if you gonna hit break even point."
#68
Bitmain
1.0
(1)
"Anything from Bitmain seems to be built to fail. Most of my cards died."
#69
WildRig
NaN
(0)
#70
TeamRed Miner
NaN
(0)
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