File Checksum Utility Alternatives

Apps similar to File Checksum Utility include HashCheck Shell Extension, which is free and open source. Other options are FileBot, OpenHashTab, Robocopy and GtkHash. File Copy Utilities like File Checksum Utility are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Android.

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  1. Create and verify the MD5/SHA1 checksum of almost any file or text online without uploading it, quickly and efficiently, no software installation required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  2. RapidCRC icon
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    RapidCRC is a tool for Windows for checking and creating CRC32 and MD5 checksums; this comprises:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. WinMD5Sum icon
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    WinMd5Sum is a simple open source Windows MD5 checker. To put it differently, it is a utility to calculate the MD5 checksum of a file using L. Peter Deutsch's MD5 code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    The File Checksum Integrity Verifier (FCIV) is a command-prompt utility that computes and verifies cryptographic hash values of files. FCIV can compute MD5 or SHA-1 cryptographic hash values. These values can be displayed on the screen or saved in an XML file database for later...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    WinMD5 is a freeware for Windows to allow user to calculate MD5 hash or checksum for files, and verify a download.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. This tool will generate hash strings to validate directories and files, in the same vein as hashdeep or fciv. I wrote it after giving up trying to find a decent tool to validate my backups. Although many tools like the two previously mentioned will generate hash files for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Exactfile icon
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    A file integrity verification tool: Use it to make sure files copied to CD-ROM are bit-perfect copies, Use it to make sure backups copied from one drive to another are just right, Use it to make sure files haven’t been changed or damaged over time. Multi-threaded, so your extra C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. MD5sums icon
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    This is a win32 console application. There is no GUI, but you can use Explorer to drag files over md5sums.exe to obtain their md5 hashes.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Stream Armor is the sophisticated tool to discover Hidden Alternate Data Streams (ADS) and clean them completely from your system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  10. SimpleKey icon
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    SimpleKey, as the name suggests, is a very simple program. It can generate a random password, or key up to 500 characters in length using a combination of your choice of Uppercase, Lowercase, numbers, and special characters. You may use this key for any number of things.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. MD5 File Hasher allows you to quick and easy determine MD5 checksums of files of arbitrary size.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. DeadHash icon
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    Calculate file hashes with ease thanks to an easy to use GUI, drag and drop functionality and help documentation that are all included!.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
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