Hash Generator
Produce cryptographic hashes (MD5, SHA families) with selectable output encodings.
Input Text
Enter the text to hash
MD5md5
md5
128-bit hash, fast but not cryptographically secure
SHA-1sha1
sha1
160-bit hash, deprecated for security use
SHA-256sha256
sha256
256-bit hash, widely used and secure
SHA-512sha512
sha512
512-bit hash, highest security and performance
About Hash Functions
Hash functions are one-way cryptographic primitives that take input data and produce a fixed-size output (the hash). They're used for data integrity verification, password storage, and digital signatures.
Security Notes: MD5 and SHA-1 are deprecated for security applications due to collision vulnerabilities. Use SHA-256 or SHA-512 for new security implementations.