SHA-224 File Checksum Calculator
Compute the SHA-224 checksum of any file locally, even large ones, and compare it with the published hash to verify the download. Free and private.
No file selected yet. The checksum appears as soon as you pick a file.
The file is read in chunks inside your browser and is never uploaded.
What is SHA-224 File Checksum?
This tool calculates the SHA-224 checksum (224-bit digest) of a file you choose and compares it with an expected value. The file is read in 4 MB chunks inside your browser, so large files work and nothing is uploaded.
How to use SHA-224 File Checksum
- Click the drop zone or drag a file onto it; the file is read in chunks and a progress bar is shown.
- Check the File name and File size shown below to make sure you picked the right file.
- Paste the checksum published by the provider into Expected checksum — you get Match or Mismatch (case,
0xand a trailing file name are ignored). - Choose the Output format if you need uppercase hex or Base64, then click Copy.
Example
A file named hash-abc.txt containing the 3 bytes "abc" (no newline)
23097d223405d8228642a477bda255b32aadbce4bda0b3f7e36c9da7
Pasting this value (in any case) into Expected checksum shows Match.
When to use SHA-224 File Checksum
Use it to verify that a download, backup or copied file is intact when the publisher lists a SHA-224 checksum, or to record a checksum before transferring a file. A match only proves integrity if you got the expected SHA-224 from a trustworthy source (an HTTPS page or a signed file). To hash a short string instead of a file, use the SHA-224 text hash generator.
How SHA-224 File Checksum works
The file is sliced into 4 MB pieces with the File API and each piece is fed into an incremental SHA-224 hasher, so memory use stays small and a progress bar can be shown. SHA-224 runs the SHA-256 compression function (64 rounds on eight 32-bit words, 512-bit blocks, big-endian length padding) but starts from its own eight initial words (taken from the square roots of the 9th to 16th primes) and outputs only the first seven words. Because of the different IV, it is not simply the first 56 hex characters of SHA-256. The comparison with the expected checksum is done on the bytes of the digest, so upper/lowercase hex and Base64 are both accepted.
Common Use Cases
- Verify an ISO, installer or firmware image against the checksum on the download page
- Confirm a file copied to a USB drive, NAS or cloud storage is bit-for-bit identical
- Record SHA-224 checksums of release artifacts before publishing them
- Find out whether two files with different names have identical content
Security Note
A checksum only proves integrity if the expected value comes from a trusted channel; an attacker who can replace the file can usually replace a checksum shown next to it. The file never leaves your browser.
FAQs
Is my file uploaded to a server?
No. The file is read with the browser File API and hashed in JavaScript/WebAssembly on your device. You can disconnect from the internet after the page has loaded and it still works.
How large can the file be?
The file is processed in 4 MB chunks, so size is limited mainly by time, not memory. Multi-gigabyte files work; speed depends on your device.
My SHA-224 does not match the published value. What now?
First make sure you compare the same algorithm and the same file (not a partially downloaded one). If the values still differ, download the file again from the official source; a persistent mismatch means the file is corrupted or not the one the publisher released.
What can I paste into Expected checksum?
The hex value in upper or lower case, with or without 0x, the Base64 form, or a whole line from a checksum file such as <hash> filename — only the first word is compared.