Check a file hash
You downloaded an installer and you want to know what it is before you run it. Paste its SHA-256 hash, or the file name, and we will tell you which program and version it belongs to. Everything is matched against 507 installers taken from publisher manifests.
How to get the hash of a file
Windows · PowerShell
Get-FileHash "installer.exe" -Algorithm SHA256macOS · Linux
shasum -a 256 "installer.exe"Everything runs in your browser. The file never leaves your computer and we never receive the hash, because the whole index is already on this page.
What a match does and does not prove
- A match means the file you have is byte-for-byte the installer the publisher declared for that version. Nobody tampered with it in transit and it is not a repackaged copy.
- A match does not mean the software is safe. It means it is authentic. A publisher can ship something you would rather not install, and the hash will still match.
- No match means we do not have it on record, nothing more. We index 177 programs, which is a small fraction of all software. Check the publisher's own download page.