Hashing made simple. Get the hash of a buffer/string/stream/file.

Convenience wrapper around the core crypto Hash class with simpler API and better defaults.

npm install hasha

import {hash} from 'hasha';

await hash('unicorn');
//=> 'e233b19aabc7d5e53826fb734d1222f1f0444c3a3fc67ff4af370a66e7cadd2cb24009f1bc86f0bed12ca5fcb226145ad10fc5f650f6ef0959f8aadc5a594b27'

See the Node.js crypto docs for more about hashing.

The operation is executed using worker_threads. A thread is lazily spawned on the first operation and lives until the end of the program execution. It's unrefed, so it won't keep the process alive.

Returns a hash asynchronously.

Returns a hash.

Type: Uint8Array | string | Array<Uint8Array | string> | NodeJS.ReadableStream (NodeJS.ReadableStream is not available in hashSync)

The value to hash.

While strings are supported you should prefer buffers as they're faster to hash. Although if you already have a string you should not convert it to a buffer.

Pass an array instead of concatenating strings and/or buffers. The output is the same, but arrays do not incur the overhead of concatenation.

Type: object

Type: string
Default: 'hex'
Values: 'hex' | 'base64' | 'buffer' | 'latin1'

The encoding of the returned hash.

Type: string
Default: 'sha512'
Values: 'md5' | 'sha1' | 'sha256' | 'sha512' (Platform dependent)

The md5 algorithm is good for file revving, but you should never use md5 or sha1 for anything sensitive. They're insecure.

Type: AbortSignal

An AbortSignal to abort the hashing operation.

The operation is executed using worker_threads. A thread is lazily spawned on the first operation and lives until the end of the program execution. It's unrefed, so it won't keep the process alive.

Returns a Promise for the calculated file hash.

import {hashFile} from 'hasha';

// Get the MD5 hash of an image
await hashFile('unicorn.png', {algorithm: 'md5'});
//=> '1abcb33beeb811dca15f0ac3e47b88d9'

Returns the calculated file hash.

import {hashFileSync} from 'hasha';

// Get the MD5 hash of an image
hashFileSync('unicorn.png', {algorithm: 'md5'});
//=> '1abcb33beeb811dca15f0ac3e47b88d9'

Returns a hash transform stream.

import {hashingStream} from 'hasha';

// Hash the process input and output the hash sum
process.stdin.pipe(hashingStream()).pipe(process.stdout);

For hashing multiple files, limit concurrency to os.availableParallelism():

import {availableParallelism} from 'node:os';
import {hashFile} from 'hasha';
import pLimit from 'p-limit';

const limit = pLimit(availableParallelism());

await Promise.all(files.map(file => limit(() => hashFile(file))));

• hasha-cli - CLI for this module
• crypto-hash - Tiny hashing module that uses the native crypto API in Node.js and the browser
• hash-object - Get the hash of an object
• md5-hex - Create a MD5 hash with hex encoding