# XMR-Stak

Free Monero RandomX Miner and unified CryptoNight miner

Repository: https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xmr-stak
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-06-20T01:24:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3256, "days_push": 805, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4059, forks 1731 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:33.976599+00:00)

## What it is
xmr-stak is a free, open-source, high-performance miner for Monero (RandomX) and unified CryptoNight-based cryptocurrencies, supporting CPU, AMD, and NVIDIA GPUs. It is a cross-platform C++ application with configurable mining pools and dev donation fees.

## Use cases
- mine Monero with RandomX on CPU and GPU
- mine CryptoNight-based altcoins
- set up a unified miner across AMD and NVIDIA GPUs
- run a headless miner on a Linux rig
- configure pool mining for multiple coins

## When to choose
- you need a free cross-platform miner supporting CPU plus AMD/NVIDIA GPUs
- you want to mine RandomX or CryptoNight coins without per-GPU separate miners

## When to avoid
- you need the most actively developed RandomX miner (consider XMRig)
- you want a GUI-based miner
- you mine coins outside RandomX/CryptoNight families

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cryptography, gpu-computing
- domain: security
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: monero, mining, randomx, cryptonight, miner, cpu-mining, gpu-mining, cryptocurrency, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- fireice-uk/xmr-stak (main) score 23
- fireice-uk/xmr-stak-cpu (mirror) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:33.976599+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:23:35.947472+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:33.976599+00:00, sha cf842bfd2fae)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.