HashGen 2.0 is a complete, ground-up rebuild of our checksum utility for Windows. Same focus — fast, offline, no-nonsense hashing — rebuilt from scratch on a modern foundation, with a cleaner interface, more algorithms, and proper folder and bulk workflows. Here is what is new.<\/p>\n
Everything under the hood has been rebuilt for speed and reliability, and the interface was redesigned around a clean, Fluent look that automatically follows your system’s light or dark theme. Pages are denser and tidier, so every tool fits without wasted space or scrolling — and a new About page rounds things out.<\/p>\n
HashGen 2.0 covers everything from quick integrity checks to strong cryptographic hashing:<\/p>\n
Every cryptographic algorithm also supports keyed (HMAC)<\/strong> hashing, with keyed-hash support for BLAKE3.<\/p>\n HashGen 2.0 adds dedicated verify<\/strong> pages for text, files and folders. Paste an expected hash and HashGen checks it for you — automatically detecting the algorithm from the hash’s length, supporting HMAC\/keyed verification, and using a constant-time comparison<\/strong> so the check itself does not leak information. You get a clear match \/ no-match result every time.<\/p>\n A new Bulk Hash<\/strong> tool hashes every line of a (potentially huge) text file to an output file, streamed line-by-line so the input is never fully loaded into memory. Choose “source + hash” with your preferred separator, or “hash only” — ideal for processing large lists efficiently.<\/p>\n HashGen runs entirely offline — nothing you hash ever leaves your machine. Insecure algorithms are clearly marked so you never reach for MD5 or SHA-1 by accident, and verification uses constant-time comparison throughout.<\/p>\n HashGen 2.0 ships as a packaged Windows app, so installing and updating is a one-click affair.<\/p>\n Generate and verify SHA-256 and ten other algorithms for text, files and entire folders — with HMAC keyed hashing, parallel folder hashing, Explore HashGen →<\/a>\n<\/div>\n HashGen 2.0 is a complete rebuild: a modern Fluent interface, eleven algorithms, HMAC keyed hashing, parallel folder hashing with SHA256SUMS, verify-by-paste with auto-detection, and memory-safe bulk line hashing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23,"href":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/23"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backendside.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Hash text, files, and entire folders<\/h2>\n
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SHA256SUMS<\/code> file (compatible with coreutils) or per-file side-cars, with the option to include sub-folders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nVerify, don’t just generate<\/h2>\n
Bulk line-by-line hashing<\/h2>\n
Built for security and privacy<\/h2>\n
Easy to install from the Microsoft Store<\/h2>\n
Get HashGen for Windows<\/h4>\n
SHA256SUMS<\/code> manifests and bulk line hashing, all completely offline.<\/p>\nFurther reading<\/h2>\n
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