Turn any text into an MD5 or SHA-256 hash — useful for checksums, verifying file integrity references, or basic data fingerprinting.
Frequently asked questions
SHA-256 is the modern standard and considerably more collision-resistant — prefer it for anything security-relevant. MD5 is faster and still fine for basic non-security checksums (like spotting accidental data corruption) but shouldn't be relied on where security matters.
No — hashing is one-way: you can't recover the original text from a hash. Encryption is reversible with the right key. Hashes are for verification/fingerprinting, not for hiding data you need back later.
Yes — hashing is deterministic, so identical input text always produces the identical hash output for a given algorithm.