What is MD5 good for?

Non-security checksums: detecting accidental corruption, cache keys, and talking to legacy systems that still expect a 32-character MD5.

Can I use it for passwords?

No. MD5 is fast and collision-broken, which is exactly what you do not want for password storage. Use Argon2, scrypt or bcrypt instead.

Not currently — it hashes pasted text. Use md5 or certutil on your machine for file checksums.

No. The digest is computed in the page.

Crypto · MD5

Compute MD5 digests for file checks, cache keys and legacy integrations. MD5 is not collision-safe — never use it for passwords.

32 hex chars legacy / checksums

Input any text or data

Text / data hashed locally

Output

Hash while typing

Digest 128-bit

MD5

Enter data to generate hash...

Input length 0 characters

Input size 0 bytes (UTF-8)

Processing 0 ms

MD5 is fine for checksums and cache keys, not for security-sensitive hashing. Client-side only

What is MD5 good for?: Non-security checksums: detecting accidental corruption, cache keys, and talking to legacy systems that still expect a 32-character MD5.
Can I use it for passwords?: No. MD5 is fast and collision-broken, which is exactly what you do not want for password storage. Use Argon2, scrypt or bcrypt instead.
Can I hash a file?: Not currently — it hashes pasted text. Use md5 or certutil on your machine for file checksums.
Is the input uploaded?: No. The digest is computed in the page.