The invention discloses a nickel-based electrolysis hydrogen evolution porous cathode material and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps that high-purity Ni powder, high-purity Fe powder, high-purity Mo powder and high-purity Mn powder are mixed uniformly, the mixture comprises, by mass, 10-15% of Fe, 10-15% of Mo, 5-15% of Mn and the balance Ni, and after the mixture is added with glue, dried and then pressed and formed into blanks, based on the principle of a solid-phase deviation diffusion, a vacuum sintering reaction is carried out on the blanksto synthesize a Ni-Fe-Mo-Mn porous material. According to the nickel-based electrolysis hydrogen evolution porous cathode material and the preparation method thereof, the nickel-based porous materialprepared is rich and uniform in pores, and has the advantages of being large in specific surface area, low in hydrogen evolution over potential, good in catalytic performance, excellent in corrosionresistance, stable in working performance, simple in the preparation process, environment-friendly and the like, the preparation cost of the material is low, the process is simple and easy to realize,and the porous material prepared through the method can be used as the electrolysis hydrogen evolution cathode material.