Generate MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, or SHA-512 hashes for text, fixtures, payloads, and quick integrity checks.
Hashing is one-way. Use it for checksums and signatures, not for reversible storage.
Yes.
The tool supports MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512.
No. Hashing is one-way and cannot be reversed into the original input.
No. Hashes are generated locally.
Mostly for compatibility with older systems, fixtures, or APIs that still expect MD5 digests.
No. Password storage needs a password-specific scheme, not a plain MD5 or SHA hash.
Hashes are useful when you want to compare values, verify a file, or generate a digest another system expects.
They are one-way transformations, so they are good for verification and matching, not for getting the original text back.
If you are choosing from scratch, SHA-256 or SHA-512 is the sensible default.
MD5 and SHA-1 still come up for compatibility, but they are not what you want for security-sensitive work.
Typical use cases are fixture values, checksum examples in docs, and quick comparisons between files or payloads.
They also help when you are checking whether two parts of a pipeline really saw the same input.
These pages are meant to stay direct: input at the top, results immediately below, then the FAQ and related guides if you need more context.