hashit is a cross-platform command-line utility for generating file hashes quickly.
It is designed to work in a similar way to familiar tools such as md5sum, sha1sum and hashdeep, while also taking advantage of multiple CPU cores to calculate several hashes in a single run. It can process individual files or directory trees, making it useful for checksum generation, integrity verification and audit workflows.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Computes multiple hashes for each file in a single run, with MD5, SHA1, SHA256 and SHA512 used by default.
- Supports a broad range of algorithms including CRC32, xxHash64, MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, Blake2b-256, Blake2b-512, Blake3, SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384, SHA3-512, and ed2k.
- Offers several output formats including text, JSON, sum, hashdeep, hashonly, and SQLite.
- Includes hashdeep-compatible audit support for verifying files against previously generated hash manifests.
- Provides ignore and filtering options such as .gitignore, .gitmodules, .ignore, .hashignore, hidden file skipping, and regular expression excludes.
- Features progress reporting, streaming controls, mtime output, and configurable thread counts for tuning performance.
Website: github.com/boyter/hashit
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Developer: Ben Boyter
License: MIT License
hashit is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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