Yasher

Computers use specific types of code to read file types and appropriate details. These come under various forms, or better known as checksums. Multiple algorithms can be used to calculate them, depending on your need. In this regard, Yasher comes with the tool to calculate checksums for files or text strings.

One of the main advantages here is the lack of a setup process, meaning the application is good to go from the moment download is done. This enables you to have it stored on a thumb drive and even carry around for you to use on other computers. Just make sure that the target PC is fitted with .NET Framework.

The visual design wants to make it easy for both beginners and experienced individuals to quickly get a hang of things. This is accomplished by wrapping all features in a clean, classic window frame, with enough space for all fields, results pad, as well as intuitive tags for all requirements and things which can be accomplished.

You get the chance to calculate quite an impressive variety of checksum algorithms. More than that, the operation can be performed on either a file of choice, on a custom text string you write or paste in the dedicated field. Sadly, file selection is not possible through the context menu, but only via the browse dialog.

Result is displayed at the press of a button, regardless of the source you select. On the bright side of things, you can have all algorithms used at the same time, which include MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, as well as RIPEMD160. Saving results is only possible by having them copied to clipboard, because there’s no export function.

All things considered, we can state that Yasher is a reliable application which can easily deliver the checksum of either a file or text string. Multiple algorithms are at your disposal, and you can even have them used at the same time.