Mining software

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This article contains an overview of useful Litecoin (scrypt) mining tools.

Miner

Software Author Version (Date) Win Linux Description
sgminer veox 4.1.0 (07.02.2014) Yes Yes cgminer 3.7.2 fork, continues GPU/scrypt mining, AMD GPUs only, Win64 Build
cgminer Con Kolivas 4.2.3 (03.04.2014) Yes Yes 3.7.2 is the last version to support GPU/scrypt mining
cpuminer pooler 2.3.3 (27.02.2014) Yes Yes Fastest CPU miner
cudaMiner Christian Buchner (28.02.2014) Yes Yes Fastest miner for NVIDIA GPUs
GUIMiner-scrypt tacotime 0.05 (13.03.2014) Yes No Provides a GUI for cgminer and cudaMiner; not recommended due to lack of back end transparency.
BFGMiner Luke-Jr 3.10.0 (15.01.2014) Yes Yes CPU and GPU miner
MultiMiner nwoolls 2.6.2 (04.02.2014) Yes Yes Provides a GUI for BFGMiner
ScryptMiner GUI Matoking r10 (23.02.2012) Yes Yes GUI for cgminer, no longer maintained, NOT recommended!
Reaper mtrlt 13 Beta 4 (13.04.2012) Yes Yes GPU miner, no longer maintained, NOT recommended!

Other software

  • Litecoin BAMT - USB-bootable Linux distro designed specifically for scrypt mining
  • SMOS Linux - USB-bootable Linux distro designed specifically for scrypt mining
  • PiMP - USB-bootable Linux distro designed specifically for cryptocurrency mining
  • CoinHub - USB-bootable Windows based OS
  • Kopiemtu - 64-Bit Linux distro for Nvidia cards
  • PHPMiner - Webinterface for cgminer/sgminer
  • Linux PoolManager - Web based pool and miner manager for cgminer/sgminer
  • CGWatcher - GUI/monitor for cgminer and BFGMiner