Chaos MD5

Chaos MD5 is an application you can use to generate MD5 checksums from text or files, in order to create unique signatures, which can be later used to calculate file integrity and find out if two files are identical or different.

Straightforward GUI and options

As far as the interface is concerned, Chaos MD5 adopts a single window with a simple design and layout, giving you an overview of all settings put at your disposal.
In order to calculate the MD5 hash of a file, all you have to do is locate and select the target with the aid of the file browser. In text mode, it's possible to type or paste the string of characters.

Calculate MD5 hashes of files and text

After triggering the task with the click of a button, the software tool instantly identifies the alphanumerical value and shows it in this window, giving you the possibility to select and copy it to the Clipboard using the global keyboard shortcut or by opening the context menu.
There are no options implemented for calculating the MD5 checksum of multiple files at the same time, nor for comparing files, creating .md5-formatting files, or exporting information to file.

Portability advantages

The entire program's wrapped in a single .exe file that you can save to a preferred folder on the computer or move to a USB flash drive, in order to launch it on any machine without setup. It doesn't make any changes to the Windows registry, create files on the disk without asking for your permission, or need DLLs to work properly. A basic file deletion is enough to uninstall it.

Conclusion

Taking into account its approachable GUI and settings, Chaos MD5 can be easily by all types of users. CPU and RAM usage was minimal in our tests.