Why use SHA-256 over MD5?

MD5 has practical collision attacks. Use SHA-256 (or stronger) for security; MD5 is fine for non-cryptographic checksums.

Is the input encoded as UTF-8?

Yes — strings are encoded as UTF-8 bytes before hashing.

Hash Generator

Hash any text with MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, or SHA-512 — all client-side via Web Crypto.

Input

Algorithm

Hash

How to use Hash Generator

Paste your text.
Pick an algorithm.
Copy the resulting hex digest.

What is Hash Generator?

Hash functions produce fixed-length fingerprints of arbitrary input. MD5 and SHA-1 are fast but cryptographically broken (use only for non-security checksums). SHA-256 and SHA-512 are the modern standard for integrity verification, signatures, and content addressing.

All hashes are computed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

FAQ

Why use SHA-256 over MD5?: MD5 has practical collision attacks. Use SHA-256 (or stronger) for security; MD5 is fine for non-cryptographic checksums.
Is the input encoded as UTF-8?: Yes — strings are encoded as UTF-8 bytes before hashing.

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