About HashForge

What we built

HashForge is a set of free, focused hashing tools: an MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512 digest generator, a bcrypt hash generator and verifier, salted-hash calculators, and a common-password dictionary lookup. Each tool targets one specific, commonly searched task rather than trying to be a do-everything cryptography suite.

Client-side by design

Every calculation on this site — every hash, every bcrypt comparison, every dictionary lookup — runs as JavaScript inside your own browser tab. We don't operate a backend that receives the text you type into any of our tools. You're welcome to verify this yourself using your browser's built-in network inspector.

Why we built it this way

A lot of what people paste into a hash generator is sensitive by nature — a real password, a token, a secret. A tool that silently ships that input to a server before showing you a result is a bad foundation for something billed as a security utility, so we didn't build it that way.

Accuracy and sourcing

The hashing itself is performed by two widely used, independently maintained open-source libraries: CryptoJS for MD5/SHA-family digests, and bcryptjs for bcrypt. The educational content on each page reflects current, generally accepted cryptographic guidance (including recommendations referenced by OWASP's Password Storage Cheat Sheet); we link to further reading where it's useful and update pages when best practices shift.

Contact

Questions, corrections, or feedback are welcome — see our contact page.