HashCalculator

HashCalculator is a simple-to-use software application capable of calculating a wide range of checksums for plain text, with or without salt. It offers support for DES (UNIX), HAVAL (128, 160, 192, 224, 256), MD (2, 4), SHA (1, 256, 384, 512), TIGER (128, 160, 192) and others.
The tool comes bundled with a brief set of options that can be easily tackled by all types of users, even those with little or no previous experience in hash calculators.

Simple GUI for calculating checksums

When it comes to the interface, HashCalculator opts for a standard window with a neatly structured layout, where you can type or paste a string of characters and optionally indicate the salt.
The hashes are immediately calculated and displayed in the main app window. Unfortunately, there are no options implemented for copying data to the Clipboard, printing all information, or exporting it to file for safekeeping. Therefore, you can only manually write down the checksums.

No setup necessary

The entire program's packed in a single .exe file that can be copied to a preferred directory on the HDD or to a removable storage unit to seamlessly run it on any PC. It doesn't change system registry settings, need libraries or other components to run, or create files on the disk without asking for permission.

Evaluation and conclusion

We haven't encountered any unpleasant surprises in our tests as far as stability is concerned, since HashCalculator didn't freeze, crash or prompt error messages. It calculated hashes swiftly while remaining light on system resources consumption, since it needed a low amount of CPU and RAM to work properly.
Too bad that HashCalculator hasn't been updated for a long time and doesn't feature additional options. Nevertheless, you can test it for yourself, since it's free.