Comparison of file verification software

The following tables compare file verification software that typically use checksums to confirm the integrity or authenticity of a file.

General

Software Developer First public release Latest stable date (version) Cost (USD) Open source License Linux Mac OS X Windows Framework
AccuHash Irnis Haliullin ? 2.0.18 $19.95 No proprietary No No Yes ?
BeaverSFV Karl-Johan Sjögren 2008-09-14 1.2 Free No freeware No No Yes .NET
CDCheck Mitja Perko 2003 ? 2008-04-10 (3.1.14.0) various No proprietary No No Yes ?
Checksum Compare Sanktu Aire 2012 2014-07-09 (v1.3) Free No freeware No No Yes ?
cfv Matthew Mueller 2000-06-22 2009-06-07 (1.18.3) Free Yes GPL Yes No Yes Python
CHK Ilya Muravyov 2010 2015-02-02 (v1.85) Free No freeware No No Yes VCL
cksum various (POSIX) ? various Free Yes various Yes Yes ? C
Cobynsoft's Hash Calculator Cobynsoft 2011 1.1 Free No freeware No No Yes .NET
Data Digester Leisenfels 2013-03-14 1.6.5 various No proprietary Yes Yes Yes Java
DeepDigest Nick Stone 2012-03-24 2014-06-16 (1.3.27) Free Yes GPL Yes ? ? Qt
DySFV Johan Sonesson 2007 1.4.0.0 Free Yes GPL No No Yes .NET
ExactFile Brandon Staggs 2009 1.0.0.15 Free No freeware No No Yes VCL
eXpress CheckSum Calculator Irnis Haliullin 2002 1.0 Free No freeware No No Yes ?
FastSum Kirill Zinov 2003 1.7.0.403 GUI/1.9.0.149 CLI various No freeware/shareware No No Yes ?
FCIV Microsoft ? 2004-05-17 Free No freeware No No Yes ?
Febooti Hash & CRC Febooti Software 2006 2013-01-29 (v3.5) Free No freeware No No Yes ?
FileVerifier++ Tom Bramer 2006 2011-09-16 (0.6.3.5830) Free Yes GPL No No Yes ?
FlashSFV Charles DeWeese 2007 2.6 Free No freeware/donationware No No Yes ?
FSUM SlavaSoft ? 2.52 Free No freeware No No Yes ?
Fsum Frontend Thierry Micholt 2007 1.5.5.1 Free Yes GPL ? ? Yes ?
HashCalc SlavaSoft ? 2.02 Free No freeware No No Yes ?
HashCheck Kai Liu 2008 2.1.11 Free Yes BSD No No Yes ?
ilSFV Jud White 2009-10-26 2011-08-16 (1.10) Free Yes freeware No No Yes .NET 3.5
IntactFile - 2013 v1.0 Free No freeware No No Yes .NET
jdigest gdassieu 2009-09-10 0.2.0 Free Yes GPL Yes Yes Yes Java
jHashCalc Death Master 2007-10-01 1.2 Free Yes GPL ? ? ? Java
Jacksum Johann N. Löfflmann 2002-07-07 2006-07-30 (1.7.0) Free Yes GPL Yes Yes Yes Java
MD5 File Hasher Digital-Tronic 2012 1.4.0.6 Free No freeware/shareware No No Yes ?
MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility Raymond Lin 2013-06-03 2.1 various No freeware/shareware No No Yes .NET
md5deep (and HashDeep) Jesse Kornblum 2003 2012-10-24 (4.3) Free Yes public domain Yes Yes Yes ?
md5sum various (POSIX) ? various Free Yes various Yes Yes[Note 1] Yes ?
MD5summer Luke Pascoe ? 2006-04-05 (1.2.0.11) Free Yes GPL / postcards No No Yes (Delphi 7)
MD5 Win Verifier Serafino Sorleti 2014-03-06 2014-08-21(6) Free No freeware No No Yes .NET
QuickSFV Mercedes 1999-11-22 2.36 Free No freeware Yes No Yes ?
RapidCRC ? 2004 0.6.1 Free Yes GPL No No Yes ?
RekSFV TryAndError, Inc. 2006 2012-09-23 (v1.6.4) Free No freeware No No Yes VCL
RHash Aleksey (Akademgorodok) ? 2012-12-25 (v1.2.10) Free Yes freeware Yes No Yes C
SafeFileManager Mindbytez Software 2012-11 1.02 various No freeware/shareware Yes No Yes Java
SFV Checker Traction Software ? 1.20 $10.00 No proprietary No No Yes ?
sha1sum various (POSIX) ? various Free Yes various Yes Yes Yes ?
SuperSFV Thomas Dixon ? 1.2 Free Yes GPL No Yes No ?
TeraCopy Code Sector 2007 2012-01-30 (v2.27) various No freeware/shareware No No Yes ?
Toolsley Hash & Validate Toolsley.com 2014 various Free No freeware/shareware Yes Yes Yes ?
WinHasher Jeffrey T. Darlington ? 2012-06-07 (v1.6.1.65) Free Yes GPL No No Yes .NET 2.0
wxChecksums Julien Couot 2003 2006-03-04 (v1.2.2) Free Yes GPL Yes ? Yes GTK
Software Developer First public release Latest stable date (version) Cost (USD) Open source License Linux Mac OS X Windows Framework
  1. ↑ Called md5 on Mac OS X.

Program hash function support

Software CRC32 MD5 SHA-1 SHA-224 SHA-256 SHA-384 SHA-512 Panama RIPEMD-128 RIPEMD-160 RIPEMD-256 RIPEMD-320 Tiger Whirlpool Other
AccuHash ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BeaverSFV ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
CDCheck Yes Yes Yes(?) Yes(?) Yes(?) Yes(?) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MD2
cfv Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Torrent file
Checksum Compare No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No ?
CHK Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Adler-32, CRC64, ED2K, MD4, SHA1-Base32, SHA-512/256
cksum Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No ?
Cobynsoft's Hash Calculator No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No ?
Data Digester No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MD2, MD4, PGP
DeepDigest No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No
DySFV Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No ?
eXpress CheckSum Calculator ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
ExactFile Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Adler-32, GOST, MD2
FastSum No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No ?
FCIV No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No ?
Febooti Hash & CRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MD2, MD4
FileVerifier++ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
FlashSFV ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
FSUM Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No Adler-32
FSUM Frontend Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Total 96 algorithms
HashCalc Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No MD2, MD4, Adler-32
HashCheck Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No MD4
ilSFV Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No ?
IntactFile Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No ?
Jacksum Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Total 58 algorithms
jdigest No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No ?
jHashCalc No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes MD4
MD5 File Hasher No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No ?
MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No ?
md5deep No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes ?
md5sum No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No ?
MD5summer No Yes No No No No No No ? No ? ? No No ?
MD5 Win Verifier No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No ?
QuickSFV Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RapidCRC Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No ?
RekSFV Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes ?
RHash Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes MD4 and more
SafeFileManager ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SFV Checker ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
sha1sum No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No ?
SuperSFV ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
TeraCopy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Toolsley Hash & Validate Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No ?
WinHasher No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes ?
wxChecksums Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No ?

Program features

Software Compare multiple files Hash single file Hash several files Hash directories & sub-directories Binary output Bubble Babble output Base64 output Hexadecimal output
AccuHash ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BeaverSFV ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
CDCheck Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? Yes
cfv ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Checksum Compare Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
CHK Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
cksum ? Yes Yes No No No No No
Cobynsoft's Hash Calculator ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Data Digester Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
DeepDigest Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
DySFV Yes Yes ? Yes No No No No
ExactFile Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
eXpress CheckSum Calculator ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
FastSum Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
FCIV Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Febooti Hash & CRC ? Yes Yes ? ? ? No Yes
FileVerifier++ Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
FlashSFV ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
FSUM ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
FSUM Frontend Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Hashcalc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
HashCheck ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
ilSFV Yes Yes ? Yes No No No No
IntactFile Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Jacksum ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
jdigest ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
jHashCalc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MD5 File Hasher Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
md5deep Yes Yes ? Yes No No No Yes
md5sum Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes
MD5summer Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? Yes
MD5 Win Verifier Yes Yes No No No No No ?
QuickSFV ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
RapidCRC Yes Yes ? Yes No No No Yes
RekSFV Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
RHash ? Yes Yes No No No No No
SafeFileManager Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
SFV Checker ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
sha1sum Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes
SuperSFV ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
TeraCopy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Toolsley Hash & Validate ? Yes ? No No No No Yes
WinHasher Yes Yes ? No No Yes Yes Yes
wxChecksums Yes Yes ? Yes No No No Yes

See also