FileHasher

A Windows desktop app for cryptographically computing file hashes, validating checksums, and comparing data.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started
2. Guide
3. Technologies

Getting Started

Run from executable

1. Download FileHasher-x64.exe or FileHasher-x86.exe depending on your architecture.

   File	SHA-256
   FileHasher-x64.exe	957e1f2be0ce074192af620edcfadef2805765ed99efc09b54fef98f349c9ff7
   FileHasher-x86.exe	1d9ca1aab24bbe53d2ddfa69be1d7c04681b60ba941a16d768ce37f438c21190

2. Double-click the executable, click "More info", and then click "Run anyway". This prompt will disappear the next time FileHasher is run.

   

Run from source code

1. Download the .NET SDK from Microsoft's website here or verify installation by running the following command:

   dotnet --version

2. Navigate to FileHasher/WinFormsUI/ and launch with the following command:

   dotnet run

Guide

Hashes Panel

The Hashes panel allows the computation of a file's hashes using multiple different algorithms. A file can either be dragged and dropped on the window or manually selected using the Browse... feature.

• Browse...: opens a dialog to select a file.
• 📋: copies the hash to the clipboard.
• 🗑️: clears the current file's hashes.
• ❔: opens the README on GitHub.

Validate Panel

The Validate panel allows the validation of an expected file hashes compared against a computed hash of a provided file.

• Dropdown: allows selection of the hashing algorithm.
• Text box: allows input of the expected hash.

Compare Panel

The Compare panel allows data from 2 files to be hashed and compared using SHA512.

Technologies

• OS: Windows
• IDE: Visual Studio
• Language: C#
• Framework: .NET
• UI: Windows Forms
• Version Control: Git / GitHub
• Algorithms: MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512
• Unit Tests: xUnit