MD5sums Alternatives

    MD5sums is described as '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'. There are more than 50 alternatives to MD5sums for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com. The best alternative is HashCheck Shell Extension, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MD5sums are FileBot (Paid), OpenHashTab (Free, Open Source), Hashtab (Free Personal) and GtkHash (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Aug 31, 2021
    1. The HashCheck Shell Extension makes it easy for anyone to calculate and verify checksums and hashes from Windows Explorer.
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    2. FileBot is the ultimate tool for organizing and renaming your movies, tv shows or anime, and music well as downloading subtitles and artwork. It's smart and just works.
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    4. Features: Support for 22 algorithms, see Algorithms High performance hash calculation Native Windows looks High DPI screen support Long path support* Multilingual (Consider contributing to translation!
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    5. Hashtab

      • Free Personal • Proprietary
      • Windows
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      HashTab provides OS extensions to calculate file hashes. HashTab supports many hash algorithms such as MD5, SHA1, SHA2, RipeMD, HAVAL and Whirlpool. Hashtab is supported as a Windows shell extension and a Mac Finder plugin.

    6. GtkHash

      • Free • Open Source
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • BSD
      • Cinnamon
      • GNOME
      • MATE
      • Xfce
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      Currently supported hash functions include CRC32, ADLER32, GOST, MD2, MD4, MD5, MD6, SHA1, SHA2, SHA3, RIPEMD, HAVAL, TIGER, WHIRLPOOL and BLAKE2. - Support for verifying checksum files from sfv, sha256sum, etc.
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    8. HashMyFiles

      • Free • Proprietary
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      HashMyFiles is small utility that allows you to calculate the MD5 and SHA1 hashes of one or more files in your system.
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    9. fHash

      • Free • Open Source
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        fHash - a file hash calculator for Windows and macOS.
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      • Description CHK is an advanced checksum utility — a simple application designed to help you verify the integrity of your files, find duplicates and much more!
      • RHash (Recursive Hasher) is a console utility for computing and verifying hash sums of files. It supports CRC32, MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, Tiger, DC++ TTH, BitTorrent BTIH, ED2K, AICH, GOST R 34.
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      • MultiHasher is a freeware file hash calculator. No Spyware! No Adware! No Viruses! 100% Freeware! Clean & simple.
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